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The Persian forces were condensed into a beach encampment, with the allied Greek World staring them down. The Athenian forces charged forward and trapped the Persians in their camp, while the Spartans flanked around and attacked from the back.
The…

The battle of Mycale was another naval battle that the Persians lost in a Strait after being disoriented, and this particular battle decimated the Persian fleet and ended the Greco-Persian war.
After this battle, Xerxes did not attempt another…

The Ionians were clusters of people in Modern-day Turkey, but were never a united city-state like Sparta or Athens. These peoples fell to Persia first because of their location and lack of unity, but led a revolt after being enslaved that helped win…

Leotychidas was one of the two Kings, serving with Leonidas I and taking up arms against Persia after his fellow King's death. Leotychidas commanded 110 Spartan ships and forced the Persian fleet to beach at Mycale. He was a key factor in the victory…

Themistocles of Greece was a General for Athens at the Battle of Marathon and all of the Second Persian Invasion, including decisive victories at Salamis and Plataea, but he was still at sea when the Persians sacked Athens.
Themistocles was regarded…

The Persian fleet was much larger, consisting of both bigger ships and larger numbers, but that played to their downfall at the Battle of Salamis. These larger ships were turned all around and easily boarded and defeated at the hands of the Greek…

This map shows the path the Persian Army took as it tore through Greece, with an insert to show the path the Elites took to get around the Spartan Phalanx at Thermopylae.
This map is needed to outline the broader scope of the Greco-Persian war to…

This painting depicts the gruesome Battle of Thermopylae and shows the Persian army running into the Greek Phalanx and dying by the thousands.
Without art like John Steeple Davis's piece, the bloody battles might fade into oblivion because war is…

The Strait of Salamis is a narrow passage between islands in Greece, and it was a key victory for the Greeks because Xerxes's naval fleet was decimated.
Themistocles of Greece tricked Xerxes's fleet into the narrow Strait and disoriented the…

This painting shows the pure chaos Themistocles caused for the large Persian ships, and his strategy to lure the Persian fleet into the straits if Salamis was a blow to the Persian's invasion.
This battle effectively cut off the Persian supply line,…