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Episode 77: Artemisia and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

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Artemesia II of Carriers

After the death of her husband, Artemesia is crowned as queen in her own right. She was so overtaken with anguish and sorrow that she used to mix bits of Mozzellus' ashes into her drinks. Her grieving was very rudely interrupted by the people on the island of Rhodes who see the death as an opportunity to rebel against the carrying queen. They reject the legitimacy of her as, as a female monarch, and they declare war. We might come back to her at some stage in the future episode.

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