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  1. Jun 26, 2024 · This site is a database for women in antiquity that features a timeline, biographies, sources, and images on or related to their histories.

  2. Artemisia I of Caria was a queen of the ancient Greek city-state of Halicarnassus, which is now in Bodrum, present-day Turkey. She personally commanded her contribution of five ships at the naval battle of Artemisium and at the naval Battle of Salamis in 480 BC.

  3. 1 day ago · "Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the" published on by Oxford University Press.

  4. Jun 9, 2024 · Discover the incredible story of Artemisia I of Caria, a formidable queen who ruled the city of Halicarnassus in the early 5th century BCE. Renowned for her bravery and strategic...

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  5. Artemisia was the queen of Caria, a Persian vassal kingdom with Greek ethnic roots. She led her warriors personally in support of King Xerxes’ attempted conquest of Greece and fought at the Battle of Salamis where the Persian navy was destroyed.

  6. Jun 16, 2024 · Artemisia I was the queen of Caria and an ally of Persian King Xerxes during the Greco-Persian Wars.

  7. 2 days ago · The second Persian invasion of Greece (480–479 BC) occurred during the Greco-Persian Wars, as King Xerxes I of Persia sought to conquer all of Greece. The invasion was a direct, if delayed, response to the defeat of the first Persian invasion of Greece (492–490 BC) at the Battle of Marathon, which ended Darius I 's attempts to subjugate Greece.