They lost at Salamis.
Persia .
They appeared in battle in Salamis.
Xerxes I of Persia was defeated in the naval battle of Salamis by Athenian admiral Themistocles .
Xerxes I of Persia .
their large area of land
It was the bend in the 'straight' at Salamis.
First of all the Athenians did not win the battle of salamis, the Greeks did and they won because they had smaller and faster Greek ships
A fleet from an alliance of southern Greek cities led by Sparta.
At Marathon and Salamis, the Greek cities defeated the Persian forces. At Thermopylai the Persian forces defeated the Greek cities.
Salamis 480 BCE. Plataia 479 BCE.
There was no Salamis War. The sea battle of Salamis 480 BCE, won by the Greek navy, was a turning point in the invasion of mainland Greece by Persia. The following year 479 BCe the Greek army won at Plataia and the remainder of the Persian navy was destroyed at Mykale.
Because Salamis was a sea battle, and the Greek side woulld be at a bit of a disadvantage without ships.