Tractatus de mulieribus claris in bello ("Treatise on Women Distinguished in Wars"; Greek: Γυναῖκες ἐν πολεμικοῖς συνεταὶ καὶ ἀνδρεῖαι, "Women wise and brave in the art of war") is a short ancient Greek work by an anonymous author,[1] which discusses fourteen famous ancient women,[2] of whom one is not otherwise attested.
[3] The treatise is preserved as part of a 12th- or 13th-Century manuscript in the Laurentian Library in Florence, Codex Laurentianus 56-1.
[4] Despite the title, not all of the women discussed are warriors, and only a few are portrayed as skilled military strategists.
[5] Deborah Gera has suggested, however, that it was written by Pamphile of Epidaurus during the 1st century AD.
[2][6] It is a list of ancient women, four Greek and ten barbarian,[7] and contains the following individuals:[1] Text of Tractatus de Mulieribus at archive.org