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Battle of Salamis

Battle of Salamis was a naval engagement fought on 29 September 480 BC at Salamis Island, in what is now Greece. It was part of the Greco-Persian Wars, which ran from 499 BC to 449 BC. The recorded result: Greek victory.

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Battle of Thermopylae and movements to Salamis, 480 BC
Battle of Thermopylae and movements to Salamis, 480 BC. The Department of History, United States Military Academy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought29 September 480 BC
WhereSalamis Island, Greece37.951N, 23.567E
OutcomeGreek victory
BelligerentsAthens; Sparta; Corinth; Aegina; other Greek city-statesagainstAchaemenid Empire
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 Salamis, 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

Date29 September 480 BC
PlaceSalamis Island, Greece
37.951N, 23.567E
KindNaval engagement, ancient
Territorial changePersian army forced to withdraw from Attica, including the city of Athens
Commanders
  • Themistocles
  • Eurybiades
  • Xerxes I of Persia
  • Tetramnestos
  • Artemisia I of Caria
  • Achaemenes (satrap)
  • Ariabignes
  • Damasithymus
Battle of SalamisBattle of SalamisExecutions of KokkiniaBattle of MunichiaBattle of PhaleronKallithea blokoSiege of AthensBattle of MunichiaPatraKalamataChalkidaTripoliErmoupoliLamia100 km37.951N, 23.567E
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Battle of Salamis 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 Q178850, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Salamis, revision 1381984535, 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.