This notorious Roman maker of poison worked for Agrippina the Younger and the Emperor Nero before the Emperor Galba condemned her to die.
This Judean princess married Herod Antipas, the half-brother of her first husband, and is well known for making her daughter Salome ask for the head of John the Baptist.
Half-sister of Cleopatra VII, she proclaimed herself queen of Egypt. Under her leadership, the Egyptians enjoyed some success against the Romans, but she was exchanged for her brother as Roman captive.
This Jewish princess married the Persian king Ahasuerus (or Xerxes) and saved her persecuted people.
Jewish princess, she had a love affair with the emperor-to-be Titus who was eleven years her junior.
This Central Asian princess belonged to a family who fought the Greek invasion, but, then, married the Macedonian king Alexander the Great.
This Greek courtesan, lover, then wife, of the general Ptolemy I Soter, is famous for instigating the burning of Persepolis. She later became a literary figure.
This Ancien Roman woman was raped by the last Roman king's son and, while avenging her for this crime, friends of her family led an anti- monarchist rebellion and created the Roman Republic.
This Greek woman from Tanagra wrote lyric poetry, describing women's lives from a masculine perspective.
This Pythagorean philosopher, maybe a member of Pythagoras' family, is known for the fragments of the letters and treatises she wrote.
First of the Great Royal Wives of Ramesses II the Great, she was able to both read and write hieroglyphs and had a diplomatic influence.
Second historically confirmed female pharaoh, she developed trade routes and was a prolific builder.
This gynecologist served in the court of the Emperor Gratian.
This Christian noblewoman, young mother and martyr was killed with her servant Felicitas.
This Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus wrote six elegiac poems addressed to a lover called Cerinthus.
Wife of Aquila, this early Christian of Rome provided a presence that strengthened the early Christian churches and is often thought to be the first female preacher.
This old cousin of Mary was the mother of John the Baptist.
This granddaughter of Emperor Augustus accompanied her husband Germanicus with their children during military campaigns and proved herself to be an efficient and effective diplomat.
Only child of Emperor Augustus, she married her cousin Marcellus, the general Agrippa and the emperor to be Tiberius according to the political plans of her father. He later exiled her on an island because she was an adulteress and acted against his new laws about family.
Daughter of the last Egyptian queen and of Mark Antony, she had to marry Juba of Numidia and, together, they organized the province of Mauretania for the Romans.
Last wife of Julius Caesar, she had a premonition about her husband's murder and endeavoured in vain to warn him.
Sister of the satrap of Persis, she is notable for fighting alongside her brother against Greek Macedonian King Alexander the Great at the Battle of the Persian Gate.
This philosopher and priestess appears in Plato's 'Symposium' in which she explains that most correct use of love of other human beings is to direct one's mind to love of Divinity.
With her father, this Greek swimmer and diver silently cut the moorings and dragging away the submerged anchors of the Persian navy and the delay they offered allowed the Greek to be prepared for the battle of Salamis.
Daughter of the painter Micon, she painted a picture of the goddess Diana that was kept for centuries in Ephesus.
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