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Battle of Salamis
The
Battle of Salamis
(; ,
Naumachia tes Salaminos
) was a
naval battle
fought between an alliance of
Greek
city-states
under
Themistocles
and the
Persian Empire
under
King Xerxes
in 480 BC which resulted in a decisive victory for the outnumbered Greeks. The battle was fought in the
straits
between the mainland and
Salamis
, an island in the
Saronic Gulf
near
Athens
, and marked the high-point of the
second Persian invasion of Greece
.
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