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1. Artimisia (source for entire post) Basic Artemisia Facts: Dates: 5th century B.C.E. Also known as: Artemesia biography: Artemisia would have been ruler of Halicarnassus at the time of Herodotus’ birth in that city. Her story comes to us from Herodotus. Artemisia was the ruler of Halicarnassus (near today’s Bodrum, Turkey) and its neighboring islands, part of the Persian empire then ruled by Xerxes. She assumed the throne after the death of her husband. When Xerxes went to war against Greece (480-479 B.C.E.), Artemisia brought five ships and helped Xerxes fight the Greeks in the naval b...

Ayrshire campaigners continue their fight to secure community building's future The group is demanding answers on what the plans are for the building now that it is due to fall into council ownership. New Chief Executive of East Ayrshire Council Eddie Fraser and, above right, the CEVIC building campaigners (Image: Ayrshire Post) Get the Ayrshire stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe here When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newslette...

The House impeachment debate on Wednesday heard a distorted account of President Donald Trump's remarks to his supporters a week ago when he exhorted them to “fight like hell" before they swarmed the Capitol.