Following the Battle of Thermopylae, a Greek fleet under Athenian command engaged the Persian invasion fleet. Despite being heavily outnumbered, the Greeks achieved a dramatic victory sinking or capturing 300 enemy vessels. Persian King Xerxes retreated back to Asia. The Persians and Greeks fought a final, decisive battle the following year at Plataea.
Here is a compilation someone threw together to portray the battle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGWO7qog-_0
Monday, December 20, 2010
History Shorts: The Battle of Salamis (480 B.C.)
Labels:
Ancient Greece,
Ancient History,
Athens,
History Shorts,
Persia,
Persian Empire,
Persian War,
Xerxes
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