Xerxes I of Persia was defeated in the naval battle of Salamis by Athenian admiral Themistocles .
Waterloo.
Duke of Wellington (England) He was defeated by Wellington, But Wellington would have lost had the Prussians under Blucher not joined the battle, Napoleon needed to keep the 2 opponents apart & defeat them seperately. Marshal Grouchy gets the blame: Had the French won, however, Napoleon would have taken the credit.
the duke of wellington was the commander that helped win the war
Parthenon was there in both the first [490 BCE] and the second [480 BCE] Persian Greek wars but was destroyed by the Persians when they entered the evacuated city of Athens just before the naval battle of Salamis where the Greeks won the Persian and Phoenician fleets.
The Battle of Austerlitz was a site where Napoleon Bonaparte and his Grand Armee crushes the forces of Russia and Austria
Salamis.
Battle of Salamis and later at the Battle of Plataea
In 480 BCE when the Greek fleed defeated the Persian fleet.
They defeated them in a sea battle at Salamis.
Naval Battle of Salamis (29 September 480): important battle during the Persian War, in which the Greek allies defeated the Persian navy .
The Battle of Salamis ~ see related link below .
The Greek fleet at Salamis was commanded by the Spartan admiral Eurybiades.
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.
Salamis, Plataia, Mykale, Eurymedon, Cyprus.
The Persians were defeated by the Athenian Admiral Themistocles at the sea battle of Salamis and the Spartan general Pausanius defeated the Persian army led by Mardonius at the battle of Plataea .
The combined and powerful Greek navy defeated a similar sized Persian fleet at the battle of Salamis.
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