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Battle of Artemisium

Battle of Artemisium was a naval engagement fought in 480 BC at Q1728291, in what is now Greece. It was part of the Greco-Persian Wars, which ran from 499 BC to 449 BC. The recorded result: Persian victory. Recorded strength: 271 ships; 4,065 marines; 46,070 oarsmen against 1,207 ships; 36,210 marines; 205,190 oarsmen.

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Campaign map for the Battles of Thermopylae & Artemisium (480 BC), based on the description of Herodotus. Imposed on a Bathymetic/Topographical map of the Aegean Sea. UTM projection; WGS84 datum ;
Campaign map for the Battles of Thermopylae & Artemisium (480 BC), based on the description of Herodotus. Imposed on a Bathymetic/Topographical map of the Aegean Sea. UTM projection; WGS84 datum ;. Aegean_Sea_map_bathymetry-fr.svg: Eric Gaba (Sting - fr:Sting) derivative work: MinisterForBadTimes (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought480 BC
WhereQ1728291, Greece39.053N, 23.318E
OutcomePersian victory
BelligerentsAthens; Sparta; Corinth; other Greek city-statesagainstAchaemenid Empire
Casualties and losses100 ships lostand400 ships lost
Part ofGreco-Persian WarsSecond Persian invasion of Greece

Where it sits in the Greco-Persian Wars

Siege of Naxos, 499 BCSiege of Eretria, 490 BCSiege of Naxos, 490 BCSiege of Lindos, 490 BCBattle of Marathon, 490 BCBattle of Artemisium, 480 BCSiege of Olynthus, 480 BCSiege of Potidaea, 480 BCBattle of Thermopylae, 480 BCBattle of Salamis, 480 BCBattle of Mycale, 479 BCSiege of Sestos, 479 BCSiege of Potidaea, 479 BCBattle of Plataea, 479 BCSiege of Byzantium, 478 BC499 BC478 BCBattle of Artemisium, 480 BC
16 placed engagements of the Greco-Persian Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date480 BC (year precision)
PlaceQ1728291, Greece
39.053N, 23.318E
KindNaval engagement, ancient
Territorial changePersians gain control of Euboea
Strength271 ships; 4,065 marines; 46,070 oarsmen1,207 ships; 36,210 marines; 205,190 oarsmen
Casualties and losses100 ships lost400 ships lost
Commanders
  • Themistocles
  • Eurybiades
  • Adeimantus of Corinth
  • Achaemenes (satrap)
  • Ariabignes
  • Artemisia I of Caria
  • Damasithymus
Battle of ArtemisiumBattle of ArtemisiumSiege of OreoiBattle of HalmyrosBattle of DemetriasSiege of AtalantiBattle of CynoscephalaeSiege of OreoiBattle of HalmyrosBattle of DemetriasSiege of AtalantiAthensPatraLarissaAgrinioChalkidaLamia100 km39.053N, 23.318E
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Battle of Artemisium is one of 102 engagements of the 5th century BC in the atlas and one of 529 in present-day Greece.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q747679, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Artemisium, revision 1375095070, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.