Mavia, the Christian Arab Warrior Queen

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Ruler of the Arab Christian Tanukhid Tribal Confederation in Southern Syria, after her husband died in 375 CE, until 425
At the head of her desert army, swept from Aleppo through Syria, Palestine and Arabia in 378 + in a successful revolt against the Romans.
“After she had worn down the Roman army in several battles, had felled a great many, and had put the remainder to flight, she was asked to make peace, which she did on the condition already declared: that a certain [Arabic-speaking] monk Moses be ordained bishop for her people.” Rufinus of Aquileia