Battle of Salamis

When

22 Sep 480 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

37.95° N, 23.57° E

Description

480 BCE naval battle fought between an alliance of Greek city-states and the Persian Empire

Naval

yes

480 BC naval battle of the Greco-Persian Wars

The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle fought in 480 BC, between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles, and the Achaemenid Empire under King Xerxes. It resulted in a victory for the outnumbered Greeks.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Battle of Salamis brings victory to the Greeks, whose Athenian general Themistocles lures the Persians into the Bay of Salamis”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les Athéniens défont la marine perse à Salamine”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “морская битва при Саламине (участвовало около 1000 трирем)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En septiembre: batalla de Salamina, batalla naval que enfrentó a la flota de Persia con la de varias ciudades griegas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة سالاميس”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “9月，萨拉米斯战役，地米斯托克利指揮希臘海軍，將大約六百艘波斯軍艦誘入薩拉米灣，然後予以一舉殲滅。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “サラミスの海戦（ギリシアのポリス連合の勝利）”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Second Persian invasion of Greece480 BCE · War