The Battle of Salamis took place in 480 BC ... Even Edward Said’s analysis of the war in his 1978 book Orientalism shows that people today still have a stake in this ancient history – he ...

The Battle of Salamis was one of the decisive battles of world history, in which the small city-states of ancient Greece joined forces to take on the mighty Persian Empire.

The defeat of the Persian navy at Salamis in 480 was ... Herodotus described the battle as 'the finest victory in all history known to me.' (Herod. Book 9) ...

Her major claim to fame occurred during the battle of Salamis, which King Xerxes of Persia watched from his golden throne on the shore. Finding herself trapped between the deadly Greek triremes ...