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Considering war from a female perspective, diverse case studies from the Ancient Near East to the Roman World show the many faces of women’s involvement in war and campaigning and try to answer the question of why ancient Greek and Roman authors tend to object to women participating in military activities. It combines studies on literary and material sources and examines “famous” cases of women at war such as the myth of the Amazons, the portrayal of Artemisia of Halicarnassus, and the military role of Macedonian royal women.
Price: $217.00
Pages: 620
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Brill's Companions to Classical Studies
Publication Date:
11 December 2025
ISBN: 9789004743175
Format: Hardcover
Elizabeth D. Carney is Professor Emerita at Clemson University. Her research has focused on the role of women in Macedonian monarchy. She has published monographs on women and monarchy (2000), Olympias (2006), Arsinoë (2013), Eurydice (2019).
Sabine Müller has studied History and Art History and is Professor of Ancient History at Marburg University. Her research interest focuses on ancient Persia, Macedonia, and Macedonian royal women. She has published monographs on Arsinoe II (2009), Perdiccas II (2017), Alexander III (2014 and 2019), and the Argeads (2016 and 2025).
Contributors are: Cinzia Bearzot, Mary T. Boatwright, Lee L. Brice, Elizabeth D. Carney, Elinor Cosgrave, Jacqueline Fabre-Serris, Kathy L. Gaca, Elizabeth M. Greene, Johannes Heinrichs, Rachel Kousser, Franca Landucci, Kathryn A. Langenfeld, Uroš Matić, Sarah Melville, Sabine Müller, Olga Palagia, Walter Penrose Jr., Meghan Poplacean, Frances Pownall, Elinor Pyy, Gillian Ramsey Neugebauer, Caryn Reeder, Tanja Susanne Scheer, Fabio Tanja, Georgia Tsouvala, Lewis Webb, Kathryn Welch, Sergey A. Yatsenko.
Sabine Müller has studied History and Art History and is Professor of Ancient History at Marburg University. Her research interest focuses on ancient Persia, Macedonia, and Macedonian royal women. She has published monographs on Arsinoe II (2009), Perdiccas II (2017), Alexander III (2014 and 2019), and the Argeads (2016 and 2025).
Contributors are: Cinzia Bearzot, Mary T. Boatwright, Lee L. Brice, Elizabeth D. Carney, Elinor Cosgrave, Jacqueline Fabre-Serris, Kathy L. Gaca, Elizabeth M. Greene, Johannes Heinrichs, Rachel Kousser, Franca Landucci, Kathryn A. Langenfeld, Uroš Matić, Sarah Melville, Sabine Müller, Olga Palagia, Walter Penrose Jr., Meghan Poplacean, Frances Pownall, Elinor Pyy, Gillian Ramsey Neugebauer, Caryn Reeder, Tanja Susanne Scheer, Fabio Tanja, Georgia Tsouvala, Lewis Webb, Kathryn Welch, Sergey A. Yatsenko.