Battle of Salamis
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The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle fought in 480 BC, between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles, and the Achaemenid Empire under King Xerxes. It resulted in a victory for the ou
Ionian soldier (Old Persian cuneiform 𐎹𐎢𐎴, Yaunā) of the Achaemenid army, c. 480 BC. Xerxes I tomb relief.
Battle of Salamis, 1785 engraving
Modern view of the strait of Salamis, where the battle took place. Seen from the south.
Battle order. The Achaemenid fleet (in red) entered from the east (right) and confronted the Greek fleet (in blue) within the confines of the strait.
Battle of Plataea
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The Battle of Plataea was the final land battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place in 479 BC near the city of Plataea in Boeotia, and was fought between an Achaemenid army led
Battle of Salamis
…with much of his army, leaving Mardonius to complete the conquest of Greece. The following year the remainder of the Persian army was defeated at the Battle of Plataea and the Persian navy at the Battle of Mycale. The Persians made no further attempts to conquer the Greek mainland. The battles of Salamis and Plataea…
Persians and Spartans fighting at Plataea. 19th-century illustration.
The Achaemenid Empire and its allied Greek states: Macedonia, Thessaly, Malis, Locris, Phocis and Boeotia; at the time of the Battle of Plataea.
The Spartan general Pausanias commanded the Allied Greek troops.
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