Battle of Salamis Timeline

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11 Sep 490 BCE

A combined force of Greek hoplites defeat the Persians at Marathon.
c. 483 BCE

Themistocles persuades the Athenians to significantly expand their fleet, which saves them at Salamis and becomes their source of power.
480 BCE

Cycladic states contribute to the victorious Greek forces against the Persians at the Battle of Salamis.
Aug 480 BCE

Battle of Thermopylae. 300 Spartans under King Leonidas and other Greek allies hold back the Persians led by Xerxes I for three days but are defeated.
Aug 480 BCE

The indecisive battle of Artemision between the Greek and Persian fleets of Xerxes I. The Greeks withdraw to Salamis.
Sep 480 BCE

Battle of Salamis where the Greek naval fleet led by Themistocles defeats the invading armada of Xerxes I of Persia.
479 BCE

Xerxes' Persian forces are defeated by Greek forces at Plataea effectively ending Persia's imperial ambitions in Greece.
c. 415 BCE

The Histories of Herodotus is published. The work is divided into nine chapters, each dedicated to one of the Muses.