Women / Persons ~ P25277
Women of Salmantica
Gender: Female
Life Dates: ca. 221 BCE - ca. 218 BCE
Types:
- Anonymous group
- Expatriated, exiled person
- Heroine in war
- Legendary
- Spanish
- Wife, Honorable and Dedicated
Note: Described by Plutarch as women of the city of Salmantica (today Salamanca, Spain) who resisted Hannibal's invasion. Hannibal's Iberian conquests concluded in 218 BCE when he crossed the Pyrenees; Hannibal had become military commander-in-chief in 221 BCE