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 preserved the origins of democracy and liberty The Persian Empire was the largest the world had ever seen, and it extended to the Aegean by the 520s. Greeks (then known as ...

In the battle that followed ... encouraged by the Greeks' success, had already started to rebel. The victory at Salamis has often been described as one of the greatest naval victories of all ...

Taking to the throne herself, she made her name not as an ally of Greece, but as a loyal subject of Persia. Her major claim to fame occurred during the battle of Salamis, which King Xerxes of ...

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 death ...