The Battle of Salamis was one of the decisive battles of world history, in which the small city-states of ancient Greece joined forces to take on the mighty Persian Empire. After the defeat and ...

Essay; For Greece, the Battle of Salamis Never Ended On the 2,500th anniversary of a historic Athenian victory, rising tensions with Turkey remind Greece of its role as Europe’s gatekeeper ...

SALAMINA, Greece -- Greece is commemorating one of the greatest naval battles in ancient history this year at Salamis, the claw-shaped island skirting the mainland near Athens.

July 20, 2004 at 5:00 pm PDT. the battle of salamis: the naval encounter that saved greece--and western civilization. By Barry Strauss (Simon & Schuster, 294 pages, $25) ...

At this time—480 B.C.—the Battle of Salamis took place in the straits between Salamis Island and mainland Greece. Following successful invasions by the Persian army, the Greek fleet had ...

The Battle of Salamis After the stunning victory at Salamis, Themistocles received a wreath of olive leaves in acknowledgement of his brilliance. A vote to decide who should receive the award for ...

Archaeologists in Greece have discovered the remains of an ancient port, where Greek naval forces may have gathered before engaging in the historic battle of Salamis with Persian troops in 480 BC.

Greek archaeologists have found the ancient military harbor of Salamis, from which the largest and most decisive naval battle ever fought in antiquity was launched.

The Battle of Salamis happened during the earlier half of the Greco-Persian Wars, a string of conflicts between ancient Greek city states and the Achaemenid, or Persian, Empire that historians say ...

The Battle of Salamis. The Greeks were significantly outnumbered by the Persian Army, but they fought ferociously. Xerxes brought a massive fleet, ...