According to the Greek author Polyaenus, a woman named Amage was the Queen of the Sarmatians who lived toward the end of the 2nd Century B.C.E. From the coast of the Euxine Sea, she was the wife and co-ruler of the Sarmatian king Medosacus. Amage was a Sarmatian warrior queen who lived toward the end of the 2nd Century BCE. Amage was queen of the Sarmatians, an Iranian people who lived in the western region of Scythia on the coast of the Black Sea. According to the Greek strategist Polyaenus, while Amage’s husband, Medosaccus, was officially the Samartian king, Amage deemed him to be an unworthy ruler who abused his power for personal luxury. She took control of the Sarmatian … Continue reading Rh- Warrior Women: Amage, the Sarmatian Queen