Can a woman be as strong a leader as a man in tymes of peace and war?

Well, yes, a woman can be as good a leader, or better than a man in tymes of war and peace. To rule a country you are not required to be a man, that is so for a reason, a couple actually.

Gender doesn't matter, look at Empress Theodora, her husband was about to flee his Empire in tymes of dispair, but she was brave, and stayed. Which made her husband, Emperor Julius decide to stay and fight the troubles too, which ended up in victory. And so, Julius should not be the only one being praised for the victory, in the major part, it should be Theodora, who had the guts to stay, and try to help her country, eaven if it could have ended in her death, she would die in the pride of her Empire.  There is  a saying for most royals at court " Behind every powerful man, lays an equally powerfull woman" It has a point, and if historians have decided this was an adequate saying, then it must be, and it is. Becouse what makes a good leader, is courage, inteligance, kindness and unselfishness, not gender.

As in tymes of peace, a woman has very important cualities, that can help prolonge this tyme of wellnes, as she can help create laws for children, such involving health care, education...  Women also tend to be fair and patient, very usefull cualities, in tyme of peace,(and war) for thou, in peace, they help her gain the respect of her people, the Empire needs to run on, becouse without respect, culd come rebellion, and rebellion is not a tyme of peace.  An exaple for that, would be Anna Comnea's grandmother, also named Anna, for when outsiders came to the Emperor, and protested that if there was a son, he should reign, not the eldest daughter. She told them their beliefs, and spoke up, with courage.(Eaven though all of this was lost in translation) She would protect the Empire from threats, with diplomacy.

At war, diplomacy can be essential,(and women have a lot of it considering they have to use it every day with unresonable children) as it can be used to avoid the war, and the victoms, and the tragedy, the pain, and the grief. Also the fairnes of a woman, makes her respected and admired by her citicens, and if the citicen's don't agree with the cause, or for who thir giving their lives to, they won't fight. And to win a war, once diplomacy fails, you need to fight. And if you won't believe it, there are various examples in history, one of them being Joan of Arc, yes, she wasn't a Queen, but she was a woman, and she  lead her people to victory. (Eaven though she was later on burned for it)

So, yes, women can do everytrhing men can do, eaven reign a Empire. I'm not saying guys are useless, jus that there just as useless a women are.