480 BCE naval battle fought between an alliance of Greek city-states and the Persian Empire
Documented facts
- Date
- 29 September 480 BCE (Julian)
- Precision
- Day
- Referenced location
- Salamis Island
- Source coordinates
- 37.9514°, 23.5667°
- Part of
- Second Persian invasion of Greece
Referenced participants
Documented participation does not establish opposing sides. Alliances absent from the sources are not reconstructed.
People and command
- Xerxes I — documented command · Source ↗
- Tetramnestos — documented command · Source ↗
- Artemisia I of Caria — documented command · Source ↗
- Achaemenes — documented command · Source ↗
- Ariabignes — documented command · Source ↗
- Damasithymus — documented command · Source ↗
- Themistocles — documented command · Source ↗
- Eurybiades — documented command · Source ↗
- Aristides — documented participation · Source ↗
- Artemisia I of Caria — documented participation · Source ↗
- Ariabignes — documented participation · Source ↗
- Cimon — documented participation · Source ↗
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