- Battle of Salamis - Wikipedia
The Persians made no further attempts to conquer the Greek mainland The battles of Salamis and Plataea thus mark a turning point in the course of the Greco-Persian Wars as a whole; from then onward, the Greek poleis would take the offensive
- Battle of Salamis | Persian Fleet, Greek Victory, Naval Warfare . . .
Battle of Salamis, (480 bc), battle in the Greco-Persian Wars in which a Greek fleet defeated much larger Persian naval forces in the straits at Salamis, between the island of Salamis and the Athenian port-city of Piraeus
- Battle of Salamis - World History Encyclopedia
The Greeks had recently lost the Battle of Thermopylae and drawn the naval Battle at Artemision, both in August 480 BCE, as King Xerxes I (r 486-465 BCE) and his Persian army went on the rampage The Greeks won at Salamis, one of the greatest and most significant military victories in antiquity
- Salamis Island - Wikipedia
Salamis island is known for the Battle of Salamis, the decisive naval victory of the Athenian-led allied Greek fleet, led by Themistocles, over the Persian Empire in 480 BC
- Salamis, Cyprus - Wikipedia
Salamis (Ancient Greek: Σαλαμίς; Greek: Σαλαμίνα; Turkish: Salamis) was an ancient Greek city-state on the east coast of Cyprus, at the mouth of the river Pedieos, 6 km (3 7 mi) north of modern Famagusta
- Battle of Salamis: 480 BC - Oxford Bibliographies
In 480 BCE, the Greeks defeated the Persian fleet off the island of Salamis in the largest naval battle ever fought in the ancient world The Greek victory proved to be the turning point in the war, for the Persian king, Xerxes, returned to Asia with his surviving ships and the majority of his land troops
- Battle of Salamis: Turning Point of the Greco-Persian Wars (with Maps)
The Battle of Salamis was the turning point in the Second Greco-Persian War It gave the Greeks an ascendant position at sea and as a result, greatly reduced the Persian numbers that could be supported on land
- The Battle of Salamis - University of St Andrews
The effect of Salamis on Hellenistic art, and thus on the very foundation of Western culture, is massive The iconicity of the moment - the triumph of Greek over barbarian - inspired the Greeks to an outpouring of artistic endeavour
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