Battle of Salamis

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battle of the Greco-Persian Wars naval battle

The Battle of Salamis was a decisive naval engagement in 480 BCE during the Greco-Persian Wars, where the outnumbered Greek fleet defeated the Persian navy and halted Persia’s advance into mainland Greece.

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Battle of Salamis canonical 36
Battle of Salamis (480 BC) in Greece 1
Battle of Salamis (as naval contingent) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
associatedWith Themistocles’ strategy of luring Persians into the straits ⓘ
burning and occupation of Athens by Persians prior to the battle ⓘ
evacuation of Athens to Salamis ⓘ
belligerent Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Greek city-states ⓘ
combatant Greek alliance ⓘ
Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Persian Empire
conflict Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ
consequence forced Xerxes I to withdraw much of his army to Asia ⓘ
halted Persian advance into mainland Greece ⓘ
secured survival of independent Greek city-states ⓘ
culturalImpact subject of Aeschylus’ tragedy "The Persians" ⓘ
symbol of Greek resistance against Persia ⓘ
date 480 BCE ⓘ
era Classical Greece ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Plataea ⓘ
GreekCommander Eurybiades ⓘ
Themistocles ⓘ
GreekFleetStrength about 370 triremes ⓘ
location Saronic Gulf ⓘ
Straits of Salamis ⓘ
near Athens ⓘ
near Salamis Island ⓘ
notableParticipant Athenian navy ⓘ
Corinthian navy ⓘ
Phoenician ships in Persian service ⓘ
Spartan navy ⓘ
outcome Persian naval defeat ⓘ
partOf Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ
surface form: Second Persian invasion of Greece
PersianCommander Ariabignes ⓘ
Artemisia I of Caria ⓘ
Xerxes I ⓘ
PersianFleetStrength several hundred to over 1,000 ships (ancient estimates vary) ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Artemisium ⓘ
Battle of Thermopylae ⓘ
primaryAncientSource Herodotus ⓘ
region Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
result decisive Greek victory ⓘ
strategicImportance protected Athens and the Peloponnese from seaborne invasion ⓘ
turning point in the Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ
tacticalFeature Greeks exploited superior maneuverability of triremes ⓘ
Persian numerical advantage neutralized by confined waters ⓘ
fought in narrow straits ⓘ
timePeriod 5th century BCE ⓘ
year 480 BCE ⓘ

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Aegean Sea → siteOf → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Aegina → participatedIn → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Salamis (as naval contingent)
Classical Greece → hasNotableEvent → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
works of Herodotus → coversEvent → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
subject surface form: Histories
Greco-Persian Wars → hasPart → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Salamis Island → knownFor → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Salamis Island → siteOf → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Salamis Island → historicalEvent → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Saronic Gulf → siteOf → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Themistocles → participatedIn → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Mount Aigaleo → overlooks → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient battlefield of Salamis
Mount Aigaleo → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Battle of Mycale → precededBy → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Troezen → sentShipsTo → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Xanthippus → notableBattle → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Battle of Thermopylae → followedBy → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Athenian navy → decisiveInBattle → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Battle of Marathon → relatedEvent → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Battle of Plataea → precededBy → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Xerxes I → notableBattle → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
300: Rise of an Empire → depictsEvent → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Persian army → notableBattle → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
The Persians → depictsEvent → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Saronic Islands → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Battle of Himera → relatedEvent → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Histories → coversEvent → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Straits of Salamis → knownFor → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Straits of Salamis → significantEvent → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Aristides the Just → participatedIn → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Battle of Artemisium → followedBy → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Peace of Callias (traditional attribution) → followsEvent → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
subject surface form: Peace of Callias
Athenians → participatedIn → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Eurybiades → commandedInBattle → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Artemisia I of Caria → participatedIn → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Spartan navy → notableBattle → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Hellenic League → participatedIn → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
Life of Themistocles → focusesOnEvent → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
The Persians (play) by Aeschylus → subject → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
subject surface form: The Persians
Battle of Salamis in Cyprus (306 BC) → distinguishedFrom → Battle of Salamis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Salamis (480 BC) in Greece