Salamis

Persian Wars and Salamis

480 BC. Salamis naval battle. The moment when Athens managed to prevail among the rest of Greek cities, and especially its rival Corinth, and its protector, Sparta. Athenian Themistocles took the decision and trapped both Greeks and Persians in Salamis straights, when Greeks destroyed Persian fleet at 480 BC.The result of this victory, as well that of Marathon battle, is to relate Athens name to the spear of the western culture, during Classical times.