In World War I it was stoutly defended by the Turks and was not taken by British forces until November 1917.
Although it twice chose the losing side in the Roman civil wars and although it was stoutly opposed by Pergamum and Smyrna, Ephesus became under Augustus the first city of the Roman province of Asia.
I quivered in my flip-flops when I saw the dual byline (we're having some fall-like weather, but I am stoutly refusing to relinquish my summer shoes), but this puzzle did not come off as impossible to me.
It came through the last recession relatively unscathed, its business organisations are stoutly upbeat and Hammond has at least done some of the things, notably on affordable housing, the capital needs him to do if it's to keep on propping up the rest of the country.
When attached to a barge, its total length and depth can be greater than a supertanker's, and it's much more stoutly constructed.
As for contraception, the Catholic Church, in which I was raised, is stoutly opposed to it.
Under Antonio Fazio, its governor, the central bank has been stoutly independent, often acting against the government's wishes.
Corbijn's film deserved more patient consideration last year from critics and audiences, as did Miss You Already (Entertainment One, 12), a tear-stained terminal disease drama that is stoutly, unfashionably honest in its embrace of melodrama and emotional candour, however ugly the ensuing cry.
Anyone trying to sue Costa Concodia's corporate parent, Carnival Cruise Lines, though, will find that the company is stoutly protected by international law and by a carefully worded contract that passengers accept when they buy their tickets.
As a result, the mayor and the chancellor were stoutly criticized for being inaccessible, and officials now acknowledge that it was a mistake to slight the Council.
