Battle Of Salamis Map. The Greek naval fleet had assembled at Salamis, close to Athens, following the attritional naval battle at Artemisium The Battle of Salamis was one of the defining moments in Europe's history
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Democracy would not have existed if the Greeks had not fought and won this sea battle. We share high-resolution versions of our original photographs.
Battle Of Salamis Map
The Greeks had recently lost the Battle of Thermopylae and drawn the naval Battle at Artemision, both in August 480 BCE, as King Xerxes I (r 486-465 BCE) and his Persian army went on the rampage The map shows the naval positions of the Greek, Ionian, Persian, and Egyptian fleets, and the strategic waterway into the Bay of Eleusis.
Battle Of Salamis Map. Description: A map of the terrain, coast, cities, and roads around the island of Salamis and Attica, Greece, showing the naval battle plan of Salamis, 480 BC The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle between Greek and Persian forces in the Saronic Gulf, Greece in September 480 BCE
. Battle of Salamis, (480 bc), battle in the Greco-Persian Wars in which a Greek fleet defeated much larger Persian naval forces in the straits at Salamis, between the island of Salamis and the Athenian port-city of Piraeus.By 480 the Persian king Xerxes and his army had overrun much of Greece, and his navy of about 800 galleys bottled up the smaller Greek fleet of about 370 triremes in the. The two narrow straits connecting the Bay of Eleusis to the Saronic Bay are shown on the east and west sides of the island.