Battle of Salamis
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Ships, Naval History, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: Middle Eastern History, Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Greece, Greece (ancient)
- Date: 480
Article abstract: Type of action: Naval battle in the Greco-Persian Wars. Result: Greek victory.
The confined waters of the eastern section of Salamis Strait were chosen as the site for the battle at the urging of the Athenian statesman and strategist Themistocles. He persuaded Eurybiades that in the strait, the advantage would lie with the heavier and less maneuverable Greek ships rather than with the more numerous and faster enemy vessels. In denying mobility to the Persian fleet, Themistocles applied the lesson of the earlier battle of Artemisium, off northern...
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