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The small Greek navy defeated the Persian fleet at the battle of what?
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The combined and powerful Greek navy defeated a similar sized Persian fleet at the battle of Salamis.
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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.
Was the end of the Persian invasion soon after the sea battle at Salamis?
The Greek city-states assembled their armies at Plataia the following year (479 BCE) and defeated the Persian army and its Greek allies. Simultaneously the Greek fleet wiped out the remaining Persian fleet holed up at Mykale in Asia minor. That was the end of the invasion.
How did the greek army succsessfully defeat the Persians?
Most of the Persian defeats in the 50 years of warfare between the Greek city-states and Persia were either sea or sea-land battles, not land battles involving just the army. The single land battle of Plataia in 469 BCE was won by the Greek forces sticking defeating the inferior unsupported Persian infantry.
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.
What did Pericles learn from the battle of salamis?
That they should not have been duped into splitting their fleet into three parts each inferior th the smaller Greek fleet. But then, it was a bit late to learn that lesson, as they lost much of their fleet and the remnant had to withdraw to Mykale leaving the Persian army unsupported and unsupplied as they could no longer protect the supply ships. They did in fact learn a lesson - the following year when the Persian army and its Greek allies was being defeated by the Greek coalition at Plataia, the Greek fleet descended on Mykale, and the Persian fleet refused to put to sea to fight another losing battle, barricading themselves around their beached fleet. This didn't stop the Greek fleet which beached and the marines and sailors attacked and captured the Persian fleet on the beach.
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.
What happen at salamis?
A Greek fleet defeated a Persian fleet.
What happened at the battle salamis?
The Greek fleet defeated the Persian fleet 480 BCE. The Greek fleet comprised contingents from Athens, the Pelopponesian cities, and the Aegean islands The Persian fleet comprised contingents from Phoenicia, the Asiatic Greek city-states and Egypt.
Who was defeated in the battle of salamis?
A Persian fleet drawn from its subjects - Phoenician and Asian-Greek cities and Egypt.
His Persian fleet was defeated at Salamis?
King Xerxes' fleet of ships from Phonecia, Egypt and Asian-Greeks was defeated at the Battle of Salamis by the Greek fleet led by Spartan Admiral Eurybiades.
Who won the Greek war salamis?
The Greek city-state of Athens emerged as the victor in the naval Battle of Salamis during the Greco-Persian Wars. Led by Themistocles, the Athenian fleet defeated the Persian navy, which was under the command of King Xerxes I. The victory at Salamis was a significant turning point in the war and helped secure Greek independence from the Persian Empire.
How long did the Battle of Salamis last?
In 480 BCE when the Greek fleed defeated the Persian fleet.
Was the end of the Persian invasion soon after the sea battle at Salamis?
The Greek city-states assembled their armies at Plataia the following year (479 BCE) and defeated the Persian army and its Greek allies. Simultaneously the Greek fleet wiped out the remaining Persian fleet holed up at Mykale in Asia minor. That was the end of the invasion.
How did the greek army succsessfully defeat the Persians?
Most of the Persian defeats in the 50 years of warfare between the Greek city-states and Persia were either sea or sea-land battles, not land battles involving just the army. The single land battle of Plataia in 469 BCE was won by the Greek forces sticking defeating the inferior unsupported Persian infantry.
What battle Did Themistocles defeat the Persians in?
Themistocles did not defeat the Persians. He commanded the Athenian contingent which was part of the Greek fleet under command of Spartan admiral Eurobiades which defeated the Persian fleet at the battle of Salamis in 480 BCE.
What hapend in the battle of salamis?
The combined southern Greek city fleets defeated the Persian fleet compised mainly of Phoenician, Asian-Greek and Egyptian ships. This left the Persian army without naval support and supply.
Why was thermopylae chosen by king loenitis to fight the Persian?
The object was to destroy the Persian fleet. By blocking the pass it forced the Persian fleet to try to turn it by sea. The Greek fleet was waiting and engaged the Persian fleet. The Greek plan failed as they lost the sea battle.
