Cynane: Talented Female Military Leader Assassinated While Giving A Speech
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Cynane was a Macedonian princess and the half-sister of the celebrated Alexander the Great. She was born in 357/358 BC and died in 320 BC at the age of 34. She came from a tradition of Illyrian female warriors who led armies into battle.
By the age of twenty, she was already a skilled military leader and had commanded troops during the Macedonian expansion north of the Balkans. It is believed she fought on horseback, like her Illyrian ancestors, and was accomplished in hand-to-hand combat.
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