13 More Warrior Women
Ok...I've done a list like this one before. However, there's a significant difference this time - these women aren't fictional characters. These women are actual historical figures & didn't have any stunt doubles.1. Queen Tomyris of the Massagetae - Massagetae, now eastern Iran - c.550 B.C. When the Persian emperor Cyrus the Great attempted to invade the Iranic Massagetae of Central Asia, his army was beaten & forced to retreat. Cyrus' boys then persuaded him to trick the enemy into getting drunk on wine because they were hash smokers & likely to be lightweights when it came to booze. It worked - while the opposing army was shitfaced, the Persians came in & slaughtered them. Tomyris' son was at the head of the drunken army. When he sobered up, he killed himself. When Tomyris got the news, she sent a message to Cyrus telling him what a rat bastard he was & called him out to another fight. Another battle ensued,...