Caeria

Caeria (died 344/343 BC), was an Illyrian queen who reigned in the second part of the fourth century BC.

Cynane, a Macedonian princess and daughter of Philip II of Macedon and Audata of Illyria, engaged in battle with Caeria in 344/343 BC.{{Cite book |editor-last=Heckel |editor-first=Waldemar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NR4Wn9VU8vkC&pg=PA277 |page=277|title=Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander's Empire |date=2008-04-15 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-4051-5469-7 |language=en|quote=An unnamed Illyrian queen, killed in single combat by the young princess Cynnane, the daughter of Philip II and Audata-Eurydice (PolStrat 8.60). Berve ii.229 dates her death to ca. 344/3, i.e., before Alexander's accession.}} An account cites that Cynane accompanied her father when this happened during his campaign in Illyria.{{Cite book |last1=Lightman |first1=Marjorie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2esYJJUETiYC&pg=PA101 |title=A to Z of Ancient Greek and Roman Women |last2=Lightman |first2=Benjamin |date=2008 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-1-4381-0794-3 |language=en|page=101|quote=Cynane was said to have fought by the side of her father when he campaigned in Illyria, and she killed Caeria, an Illyrian woman ruler, in combat.}} Caeria was killed by Cynane in a hand-to-hand combat with a blow to the throat,{{Cite book |last=Mayor |first=Adrienne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mW6YDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA329 |title=The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World |date=2016-02-09 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-17027-5 |language=en|pages=329|quote=In about 343 BC, young Cynna led an army against an Illyrian force; she personally slew many Illyrians and killed their queen Caeria with a blow to the throat.}} and with great slaughter, her army was also defeated.[http://www.websfor.org/alexander/polyaenus/polyaenus5.asp Polyaenus 5 - Women]