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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
Battle of Salamis (480 BCE) - World History Edu The Battle of Salamis, fought in 480 BCE, stands as one of the most pivotal naval engagements in ancient history Occurring during the second Persian invasion of Greece, this confrontation pitted a coalition of Greek city-states against the powerful Achaemenid Persian Empire
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
The Battle of Salamis: The Largest Naval Battle in Antiquity The battle took place in the straits of Salamis, an island located near Athens, and was a part of the larger conflict between the Persian Empire, led by King Xerxes I, and an alliance of Greek city-states, led primarily by Athens and Sparta
Battle of Salamis: 480 BC - Military History - 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