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 - Wikipedia Other uses Greek battleship Salamis, a dreadnought ordered in 1912 Salamis (mythology), a nymph in Greek mythology Salamis (butterfly), a genus in the family Nymphalidae Salamis (novel), a 2020 book by Harry Turtledove Salamis Tablet, a counting board (300 BC) discovered on Salamis Island
Battle of Salamis (306 BC) - Wikipedia The naval Battle of Salamis in 306 BC took place off Salamis, Cyprus between the fleets of Ptolemy I of Egypt and Antigonus I Monophthalmus, two of the Diadochi, the generals who, after the death of Alexander the Great, fought each other for control of his 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: A Turning Point in the Clash of Civilizations The Battle of Salamis marked a turning point in the Greco-Persian Wars and in world history Humiliated by the defeat, Xerxes withdrew to Asia with the bulk of his army, leaving his general Mardonius to continue the campaign with a reduced force