Shall women serve in combat?

[Cleita]

33. Nobody knows how Boudicca actually waged war. We only know from a few

written references of the time and archaeological evidence how she might have. Most of what is said about her is mostly fiction. I don't publish books. I'm not that good of a writer. I like ancient history and like to write stories about them from the female POV for my own entertainment. I don't share them and frankly haven't finished most of them.

The warrior kings who led from the front usually ended up rather dead. They were usually in a place where they could observe the battle and run the operations do it. They had champions who did that for them instead. This is why you have legends about Achilles, Lancelot, Cuchullain et al

Did you know Cleopatra was a warrior queen? She only gets credit for being some kind of femme fatale but in fact as Pharoah, she was general of her armies and admiral of her navy. She went to war, but of course remained in the relative safety of her barge or camp, but was otherwise quite involved.