SOME INSPIRATIONAL FEMALE ROMAN WAR HEROES:
SOME INSPIRATIONAL FEMALE ROMAN WAR HEROES: In this post, I have written about some of the personally most outstanding female Roman war heroes, in history: Fulvia and Cloelia... 1. EMPRESS FULVIA, THE FEMALE ROMAN GENERAL: The wife of The Roman Emperor, Mark Antony, Fulvia was a female Roman General who led a Roman army, during the battle of Perusia, in 40-41 BCE. The recount goes something like this... The Roman Emperor, Mark Antony abandoned his life of military duty to live a life of leisure with Cleopatra in Egypt. Without an Emperor, in Rome, there was a conflict going on between the two main powers-possibly over dominion of the city. Fulvia stormed around Rome compagning to persuade others to support her. She was very persuasive and influential-so much so that she persuaded many of the enemies to turn on their own ruler. There was no Roman Emperor, in Rome to stop the conflict via force. So, Fulvia took matters into her own hands... In ancient Rome, women traditionally weren'