"The Belief History of Women in Combat" Topic

"…Despite modern basis against female soldiers in combat, our ancestors seemed to have less of an issue allowing women into combat situation. The first female warriors are known to us, but their names are not. Back in the dawn of our species, females and the young were left while the men hunted, and during those times, the women of the tribe were the only defense against aggressive animals and rival tribes. In the battle of survival and defense of their children, all women, no matter the era, are warriors and soldiers. The earliest archaeological evidence we know of female warriors dates back to the 17th century BCE, in ancient Egypt with Ahhotep I. She has been believed to be a military leader. During the 13th century BCE, we had the Biblical figure of Deborah the Judge, who led an army against the occupation of Canaan. During this same time period, we had the Arabic warrior-queens, like Zabibi, and the Lady Fu Hao of China, who led soldiers into battle. While warrior women were populate in Greek mythos, there is no evidence of female hoplite soldiers nor Spartan warrior women. While the ranks of the Roman legions were completely staffed (as far as we know) with male soldiers, the same cannot be said of the gladiatorial arena.

From the time of the Roman Republic to the Empire, women were part of the bloodsport and known as Gladiatrix. The first historical account appearance of the female Gladiatrix were during the bloody reign of Nero from 54-68 AD. Women were pitted against women in gladiatorial combat, along with mixed sex combat as well. The practice was common throughout the imperium according to archaeological and historical recorders. It was banned in 200AD with little success, and only the end of the Roman Empire bought an end to the practice due to the massive popularity of the girl-on-girl combat. The same cannot be said of the enemies of Rome. On foreign battlefields, the Roman legionaries would square off against female warriors used by the enemies of Rome. One of the most famous was the Iceni Queen Boudicca, who led her warrior around 60 or 61 AD.

While Boudicca was successful at first, it ended in tragedy at the battle of Watling Street, and it is believed that she died by her own hand rather than be captured again. In 2004, a tomb of a warrior with a sword by the bones was found, when the DNA results were run, this 2,000 year old warrior was female. More graves of female warriors from around 1st AD, have been unearthed around the Caspian Sea and the Sea of Azov. In the 3rd century CE, we see Lady Trieu of Vietnam, who led mixed sex armies against the invading Chinese. In 2006, a discovery was made of a 4th century CE South American warrior woman from the Moche Culture buried with war clubs and spears. When we examine the Dark and Middle Ages, we that there female warriors in pre and post Islamic middle east, with examples like Kahina, Nusaybah bint Ka'ab, and badass Umm Hakim, who, legend as it, killed seven Byzantine soldiers during the 634 AD battle of Marj al-Saffar…"
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Seems interesting enough, but because it is so carelessly written I cannot take it seriously.

hahahaha, I like that excuse. I shall ignore the facts and focus on how you presented the facts to me. lol

Makes perfect sense to me.