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What happen at salamis?
A Greek fleet defeated a Persian fleet.
Who or what was salamis?
Salamis was a strait near Athens where a Greek fleet defeated a Persian fleet in 480 BCE. This the turning point in the Persian invasion of peninsular Greece.
The small Greek navy defeated the Persian fleet at the battle of what?
The combined and powerful Greek navy defeated a similar sized Persian fleet at the battle of Salamis.
In 480 bc who was the Greek's enemy?
A coalition of southern Greek city-states defeated a Persian fleet of Phoenician, Greek and Egyptian ships at the naval battle of Salamis.
Who was defeated in the battle of salamis?
A Persian fleet drawn from its subjects - Phoenician and Asian-Greek cities and Egypt.
How long did the Battle of Salamis last?
In 480 BCE when the Greek fleed defeated the Persian fleet.
What athenian leader sank most of Persian fleet at salamis?
Themistocles was the Athenian leader who sank most of the Persian fleet at Salamis.
Who won the Greek war salamis?
There was no Greek war Salamis. There was a sea battle in which the fleet of the southern Greek cities defeated a Persian-led fleet of warships supplied by its subject territories - Phoenicias, Asian-Greek and Egyptian.
Who fought and won in the battle of Salamis?
An alliance of a couple of dozen southern Greek city-states led by Sparta defeated the Persian invasion fleet at Salamis in 480 BCE.
Where did the small anthenian fleet defeat the great Persian fleet?
The small Athenian fleet defeated the great Persian fleet at the Battle of Salamis, which took place in 480 BCE. This naval battle occurred in the straits between the island of Salamis and the Athenian mainland. The Athenians, led by Themistocles, used their smaller, more maneuverable ships to outmaneuver and decisively defeat the larger Persian fleet, marking a turning point in the Greco-Persian Wars.
Why was the battle of salamis so important?
After failing to defeat the Persian fleet at Artemesion opposite Thermopylai, the Greek fleet moved south and regrouped at Salamis near Athens for another try. They had to defeat the Persian fleet as it threatened the southern Greek cities, who kept their armies at home to protect them. When the Persian fleet was defeated at Salamis, the Persians faced a winter in a poor country, and as they could no longer protect at sea their supply fleets coming from Asia Minor, they had to send half their army home as they couldn't feed them. The following spring, with the maritime threat gone, the southern Greek cities sent out their armies to join up and defeat the reduced Persian army at Plataia. At the same time, the Greek fleet finished of the remainder of the Persian fleet defeated at Salamis where it was holed up at Mykale. Defeat of the Persian fleet was the key to the whole Greek strategy, and success at Salamis implemented it.
What was the the Greek city-state that had a powerful navy and defeated the Persian navy at the battle of Salamis?
Athens had a powerful navy. This navy was part of the combined navy of the alliance of southern Greek city-states which defeated the Persian navy (which was composrd of Phoenician, Asian-Greek and Egyptian ships) at Salamis.
