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What athenian leader sank most of Persian fleet at salamis?
Themistocles was the Athenian leader who sank most of the Persian fleet at Salamis.
What island did the Greeks sink half the Persians?
The Greeks sank half the Persian fleet off the coast 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.
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.
How did the Greeks achieve victory against the Persian invasion in 490 and 481bce?
In 490 BCE Athens and its ally Plataia defeated a Persian punitive expedition at Marathon by attacking the Persian infantry when its cavalry support was absent. In 481 there was no battle as there were no Persians forces in mainland Greece. In 480 BCE the southern Greek alliance fleet defeted the Persian fleet by splitting the fleet at Salamis and defeating it in detail. In 479 BCE the Greek alliance defeated a depleted Persian army (half had been sent home because it could not be supported in Greece when its sea supply line had been cut by the loss of its naval power at Salamis) at Plataia by fighting on rough ground where the persian cavalry could not operate. They also destroyed the remainder of the Persian fleet at Mykale on the shore as it was now too weak to come out for a sea battle.
What athenian leader sank most of Persian fleet at salamis?
Themistocles was the Athenian leader who sank most of the Persian fleet at Salamis.
What happen at salamis?
A Greek fleet defeated a Persian fleet.
What was the key battle site of Persian Wars?
Salamis which destroyed Persian sea power.
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.
Why were Greeks on the island of salamis during the battle of salamis?
It was a sea battle. The Greek fleet assembled at the island of Salamis in preparation to fighting the Persian fleet.
What was the place where Greek fleet attacked the Persian?
Salamis .
Where did the small Athenian fleet defeat the great Persian fleet?
It might be the battle of salamis (which was on the the salamis island) God loves you!!!!!!!!
What island did the Greeks sink half the Persians?
The Greeks sank half the Persian fleet off the coast 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 are the main leaders from the Battle of Salamis?
Greek fleet - Eurybiades of Sparta. Persian fleet - Ariabignes.
Who were the leaders of the Persian fleet in the battle of salamis?
The commander was King Xerxes I.
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.
