Battle of Salamis

Battle of Salamis

The Battle of Salamis (Ancient Greek: Ναυμαχία τῆς Σαλαμῖνος, Naumachia tēs Salaminos) was fought between an Alliance of Greek city-states and the Persian Empire in September 480 B.C.E., in the straits between the mainland and Salamis, an island in the Saronic Gulf near Athens. It marked the high-point of the second Persian invasion of Greece which had begun in 480 BC.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle of Salamis
• Spilling, M., 2010, Battles that Changed History: Key Battles that Decided the Fate of Nations: Amber Books, London, 448p