The Trireme (Greek: triērēs) was the devastating warship of the ancient Mediterranean with three banks of oars. https://www.worldhistory.org/trireme/ #History #ArtemisiaIofCaria #BattleofSalamis #GreekWarfare

Artemisia I of Caria (l. 480 BCE) was the queen of the Anatolian region of Caria (south of ancient Lydia, in modern-day Turkey). She is most famous for her role in the naval Battle of Salamis in 480 BCE in which she fought for the Persians.
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Xerxes I (l. 519-465, r. 486-465 BCE), also known as Xerxes the Great, was the king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. His official title was Shahanshah which, though usually translated as `emperor', actually means `king of kings'. He is identified as the Ahasuerus of Persia in the biblical Book of Esther (although his son, Artaxerxes I, is also a possibility as is Artaxerxes II) and is referenc...https://www.worldhistory.org/Xerxes_I/ #AchaemenidEmpire #ArtaxerxesI #ArtemisiaIofCaria