Artemisia, named after the Goddess Artemis, sister of Apollo, is the only woman Herodotus attributes with the virtue of courage, or andreia, an almost impossible quality for a woman to possess ...

When the Roman Empire took her lands and harmed her daughters, the fearless Queen Boudica was not about ... year-old tablets found in Iraq reveal ancient red tape ...

In ancient Pompeii, slaves are bought and sold for household chores and sex. A mysterious queen moves among the elite, meantime secretly helping the slaves to escape. Eventually her life is also ...

In ancient Pompeii, slaves are bought and sold for household chores and sex. A mysterious queen moves among the elite, meantime secretly helping the slaves to escape. Eventually her life is also ...

Although hers was many more in number, as presenter Bridget Kendall puts it, the warrior queen’s undisciplined and ill-equipped men “were no match for the better trained and skilled and well-a ...

Artemisia, named after the Goddess Artemis, sister of Apollo, is the only woman Herodotus attributes with the virtue of courage, or andreia, an almost impossible quality for a woman to possess ...