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Why did the athenians win the battle of salamis?

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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

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What was the sea battle in which the Athenians defeated the Persians in 480 BC?

The sea battle was Salamis, it was not the Athenians, it was a combined Greek fleet which included the Athenian navy.


What sort of battle was the salamis battle?

it was a naval battle after the defet of 300 it was a plan to stop the Persians from killing the Athenians but they the Persians Razed Athins to the grownd.


Why did the Spartans fight at salamis?

No, it was the Athenians. Salamis was a sea battle, and at that time Sparta had no navy. Salamis appeared as a chance for the Persians to destroy the Athenian ships, but it was a trap, and the turning point of the Second Persian War.


How many ships did the athenians have at the battle of salamis?

The Athenians had 180 ships of their own along with another 191 from other city-states of mainland Greece who fought alongside.


Who lead the athenians at the battle of salamis?

The commander of the Athenian component of the Greek fleet was Themistocles. The overall commander was the Spartan Eurybiades.


What were the Greeks able to use to win the battle Salamis?

their large area of land


Why were the greeks able to win the battle of salamis?

They had smaller boats and were eaiser to control.


What was the battle names of Sparta and Athens when Sparta sent olny 300 men?

Thermopylae is the pass where the Spartans fought the Persians. The Athenians simultaneously fought the Persians in the battle of Salamis (a naval battle)


Where did the Athenians win a great battle against the Persians?

Marathon , Greece


After losing the battle of thermopylae to the Persians the athenians?

The Athenians did not fight at Thermopylai. A combined force of half a dozen other cities did. The Athenians manned their fleet at the parallel sea battle at Artemesion which was lost. Athens evacuated its populace to Peloponnesian cities and embarked its forces on its warships to fight in the Southern Greek fleet at the successful battle of Salamis, after which they returned to Athens which the Persians had evacuated.


Why did the Greeks ship help then win the balle of salamis?

Because Salamis was a sea battle, and the Greek side woulld be at a bit of a disadvantage without ships.


When did Battle of Salamis happen?

Battle of Salamis happened in -480.