Archaeologists have made an important discovery while exploring Salamis, a small island off the coast of Greece near Athens where a now-sunken city once stood. Scientists found a partially ...

The Battle of Salamis was one of the decisive battles of world history, in which the small city-states of ancient Greece joined forces to take on the mighty Persian Empire. After the defeat and ...

In 480 B.C., a powerful Persian armada attacked the Greek navy at Salamis, an island off Athens. In his book The Battle of Salamis, historian Barry Strauss makes a case that the Greeks' surprising ...

Essay; For Greece, the Battle of Salamis Never Ended On the 2,500th anniversary of a historic Athenian victory, rising tensions with Turkey remind Greece of its role as Europe’s gatekeeper ...

The Battle of Salamis After the stunning victory at Salamis, Themistocles received a wreath of olive leaves in acknowledgement of his brilliance. A vote to decide who should receive the award for ...