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Can King Ninus of Assyria from Greek mythology be identified as a historical figure? This article examines the evidence.

The farming wealth and strategic location of ancient Bactria, today’s Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, made it valuable to all empires in the region.

ARGUMENT IN THIS BOOK IT IS PROVED THAT THE EXTENT AND LONG DURATION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE IS TO BE ASCRIBED, NOT TO JOVE OR THE GODS OF THE HEATHEN, TO WHOM INDIVIDUALLY SCARCE EVEN SINGLE THINGS AND THE VERY BASEST FUNCTIONS WERE BELIEVED TO BE ENTRUSTED, BUT TO THE ONE TRUE GOD, THE AUTHOR OF FELICITY, BY WHOSE POWER AND JUDGMENT EARTHLY KINGDOMS ARE FOUNDED AND MAINTAINED. CHAPTER 1 OF THE THINGS WHICH HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE FIRST BOOK HAVING begun to speak of the city of God, I have thought it necessary first of all to reply to its enemies, who, eagerly pursuing earthly joys and gapi...

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...