Epic History Salamis 480 BC: The Battle for Greece Posted: March 10, 2025 | Last updated: March 10, 2025 The Battle of Salamis was one of the decisive battles of world history, in which the small ...

The so-called Ionian Revolt was the beginning of a series of events and war reprisals between Ancient Greeks and Persians.

Themistocles will always be lauded as the great general who pushed the Persians out of Greece with his strategy in the Battle ...

The Battle of Salamis took place in 480 BC, and is so called because it was fought by the island of Salamis, near Athens. What it really teaches us, or taught me, is about what national identity ...

In the late summer of 480 BC, almost the entire population of Athens ... Just across the water, off the coast of the island of Salamis, the Athenian navy and its allies congregated.

However, as his vast armada sailed into the narrow straits between Salamis and the coast ... packed with Greek crewmen singing battle songs. Themistocles had forced them to fight.