On this Day In History, The Battle of Salamis, 480 B.C.

Hellas net. ^

[annyokie]

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[snopercod]

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[Princeliberty]

Xeres was a coward. A huge ego, self-indulgent.
Bringing his harem with him on campaigns etc...

The Greek wars are also a classic tale of the superior
character of the Greek commanders to the blue blood
Xeres.

[Sparta]

Thanks for the post

[thinktwice]

A fascinating read -- thank you.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks for the ping.

The West - Kicking Eastern butt since 480 BC.

[inPhase]

Thanks for the history,
and the great battle plan description, wow in Greek.

And the ship, saved it...

Great force!

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

How does one know the battle was on today's date? Occasionally an eclipse will reveal a date of a battle but I'm not aware of an eclipse at or near the date of this battle.

[Iris7]

Salamis makes this old swabbie proud.

Without the Athenian's Navy, defeat. Without the Spartan infantry, disaster.

War is not at sea, nor on land, nor in the air, nor in space, but in all at the same time. All forces must work together, like the fingers of the hand.

[blam]

The Battle Of Salamis, 480BC

A modern replica of a Greek Trireme that fought at the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC against the Persians.

The bronze ram fitted to the bow of a Trireme was designed to punch a hole in the enemy's ships in order to sink them. The bow of Greek Triremes were also painted with a set of eyes as the Greeks believed this gave the ship mythical vision at night and in bad weather.

[annyokie]

Thanks!

[snopercod]

The West - Kicking Eastern butt since 480 BC.

Tagline material there.

[Valin]

And then came the Peloponnesian War where Atheans and Sparta proceeded to destroy each other.

[SAMWolf]

LOL! Feel free to grab it.

[MattinNJ]

Ping

[Sparta]

Battle of Salamis ping.

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[stop_fascism]

One of my favorite stories from Herodotus:

After the battle Thermistocles was feted throughout Greece. He was at one celebration when a man tried to mock him. The man said, "If I had been from Athens, I could have accomplished as much."

Thermistocles replied, "Let me tell you how it is, friend. If I had been from your town, I could have accomplished little. If you had been from Athens, you could have accomplished nothing."

[zeugma]

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[sandydipper]

So?