Seapower and Western World Part 2 The Battle of Salamis September 480 (BCE)
World Map
Persian Empire
World Map
Greece & Aegean Sea
Peloponnesus Includes Sparta and Corinth Phocaea
Attica and Island of Euboea Includes Athens, Eritrea and Aegina Phocaea
Ionia Phocaea to Miletus; Samos and Chios
499 BCE - Ionian Greeks Revolt Against Persia Darius I or Darius the Great Emperor of Persia 550 – 486 BCE 540 BCE - Ionian Greeks Fall Under Domination of Persian Empire Cyrus II or Cyrus the Great Emperor of Persia 600 – 530 BCE Phocaea
490 BCE – Darius Launches Punitive Expedition Against Eritrea and Athens Darius I or Darius the Great Emperor of Persia 550 – 486 BCE Phocaea
Battle of Marathon Miltiades the Younger 550 – 489 BCE General at the Battle of Marathon
Phocaea Darius I or Darius the Great Emperor of Persia 550 – 486 BCE End of Round 1
Phocaea Xerxes I or Xerxes the Great Emperor of Persia 519 – 465 BCE
Phocaea Themistocles 524 – 459 BCE Athenian Politician and General
Phocaea
Themistocles 524 – 459 BCE Athenian Politician and General
Impact of Salamis Decisive battle defeating Persian invasion Dawn of Greek Golden Age: Philosophy, Science, Art, Poetry, etc. Foundation for future western civilization: – Greece, Rome, Christianity, Medieval Europe, Renaissance, European Colonization of North & South America, American Revolution, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, etc., etc.