Mount Mycale as seen from the island of Samos, across the Mycale Strait

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Title

Mount Mycale as seen from the island of Samos, across the Mycale Strait

Subject

Battle Sites

Description

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 invasion of Greece, marking a short period of peace within both the Greek World and the Persian World.

Creator

Athens2004 (username)

Date

November 16, 2008

Contributor

Wikimedia Commons

Rights

CC BY-SA 3.0

Format

960 x 720 px jpg

Type

Photograph