Salamis, 480 BCE: Fighting in the Straits Examine the Greek decision to fight in restricted waters, the Persian fleet, and the commanders whose choices shaped the naval battle.
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Related to Themistocles 80% Athenian strategist
Athenian strategist in “Salamis, 480 BCE: Fighting in the Straits”. Themistocles was an Athenian politician and general. He was one of a new breed of non-aristocratic politicians who rose to prominence in the early years of the Athenian democracy.
Related to Xerxes I 80% Persian king
Persian king in “Salamis, 480 BCE: Fighting in the Straits”. Xerxes I was a Persian ruler who reigned as the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC. He was the son of Darius the Great and Atossa.
Related to Eurybiades 80% Greek fleet commander
Greek fleet commander in “Salamis, 480 BCE: Fighting in the Straits”. Eurybiades was the Spartan navarch in charge of the Greek navy during the Second Persian invasion of Greece.
Related to Artemisia I of Caria 80% Persian-allied commander
Persian-allied commander in “Salamis, 480 BCE: Fighting in the Straits”. Artemisia I of Caria was a queen of the ancient Greek city-state of Halicarnassus, which is now in Bodrum, Turkey. She was also queen of the nearby islands of Kos, Nisyros and Kalymnos, within the Achaemenid satrapy of Caria, in about 480 BC.
Related to Salamis Island 80% Battle waters
Battle waters in “Salamis, 480 BCE: Fighting in the Straits”. Salamis or Salamina is the largest Greek island in the Saronic Gulf, about two kilometres from the coast of Athens' port of Piraeus and about 16 km west of Athens center.
Related to Trireme 80% Warship type
Warship type in “Salamis, 480 BCE: Fighting in the Straits”. A trireme was an ancient vessel and a type of galley that was used by the ancient maritime civilizations of the Mediterranean Sea, especially the Phoenicians, ancient Greeks and Romans.
Related to Second Persian invasion of Greece 80% Wider campaign
Wider campaign in “Salamis, 480 BCE: Fighting in the Straits”. The second Persian invasion of Greece occurred during the Greco-Persian Wars, as King Xerxes I of Persia sought to conquer all of Greece.
Related to Battle of Artemisium 80% Earlier naval fighting
Earlier naval fighting in “Salamis, 480 BCE: Fighting in the Straits”. The Battle of Artemisium or Artemision was a series of naval engagements over three days during the second Persian invasion of Greece.
Related to Battle of Plataea 80% Following land victory
Following land victory in “Salamis, 480 BCE: Fighting in the Straits”. The Battle of Plataea was the final land battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece.