Twenty Most Influential Female of Antiquity

The 20 most influential female figures of antiquity.

1. Hatshepsut - Pharaoh of Egypt (1479-1458 BCE).

2. Cleopatra VII - Last Queen of Ancient Egypt (51-30 BCE).

3. Nefertiti - Religious revolutionary Queen of Egypt (1353-1336 BCE).

4. Theodora - Empressof the Byzantine Empire (527-548 CE).

5. Boudica, Britain - Leader of the rebellion against Rome (c.60 CE).

6. Agrippina the Younger, Rome - Mother of Nero, influential inRome (15-59 CE).

7. Livia Drusilla, Rome - First Empress of Rome, wife of Augustus (58 BCE - 29 CE).

8. Zenobia, Egypt - Conquered Egypt and challenged Rome (c. 270 CE).

9. Sappho, Greece - The 'Tenth Muse' of poetry (630-570 BCE).

10. Hypatia, Greece - First known female mathematician (360-415 CE).

11. Aspasia, Greece - Influential in Athenian politics and philosophy (470-400 BCE).

12. Enheduanna, Egypt - First known author in history (2285-2250 BCE).

13. Wu Zetian, China - Only reigning Empress of China (690-705 CE).

14. Artemisia I, Greece - Naval Commander at the Battle of Salamis (480 BCE).

15. Esther, Israel - Heroine of Purim, saved her people (480 BCE).

16. Dido - Legendary founder of Carthage (814 BCE).

17. Cornelia Africana, Rome - Roman model of virtue, mother of the Gracchi (190-110 BCE).

18. Galla Placidia, Rome - Ruled the Western Roman Empire (425-437 CE).

19. Pulcheria, Byzantin - Influential in Byzantine religious politics (399-453 CE).

20. Shammuramat - Inspiration for the legend of Semiramis (811-806 BCE).

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