Battle of Salamis

could disable the enemy’s advantages, and how poorly or advantageously geography is used to aid the likelihood of winning a battle; as well as exploits made by how personally suited the strategy is to enforce army advantages or to restrict the disadvantages in order to equalize or empower the troops against the enemy. Using the various strategies of limiting troops, prolonging the duration of the battle, avoiding the enemy, and utilizing outside forces along with geography to limit troops and protect a city affect tactical decisions made by military leaders and influence the outcome of the battle or even war based on how effectively they respond.…

and had foreseen trouble many years ahead. Now we’ll learn about all the different battles that went on during the Persian War. The first battle was launched by King Darius in 490 BC against the Greek decision was made to battle Persia at once. This battle was called The Battle of Salamis, and started in 480 BC. After the famous naval battle was over, Greece won a drastic and dramatic battle over the large Persian Army. The Persian Navy was destroyed. The Battle of Salamis ended in 480 BC.…

Back into the historical time, there was one of the major battle happened at the Second Persian Invasion from 480 to 429Bc. It was the battle of Salamis under King Xerses. There were several authors reported this battle with different view. Therefore, this essay will establish that, whereas Herodotus portrays the battle of Salamis as though it occurred directly after the capture of Athens, Aeschylus who fought at the battle of Salamis potrays it from the Persian viewpoint and provides different…

The Battle of Salamis provides an informative and intriguing account of the battle of Salamis in 480 B.C. Barry Strauss is a professor of history and classics at Cornell University. He specializes in ancient warfare as well as naval warfare. His works have been published in a variety of academic journals as well as The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times. In this monograph, Strauss brings the battle to life and takes readers on a ride. His book is a adequate source for students, educators,…

“The Battle of Salamis” Throughout history mankind has always been drawn to war. Whether we be fighting over land, power, or wealth it remained the same. During this era of history humanity stayed the same wanting to conqueror all they could for the sake of glory. There was one empire who was quite good at taking what they wanted and this empire was the Persian empire. The Persians seemingly took whatever they wanted and no man or country seemed poised to stop them. That is until of course they…

poisonous threat in which they viewed the Greeks. The Greek sources for these Persian invasions leave much to be desired on the side of the Persians point of view, as little is know of Xerxes rule after the Greco invasion, the only sources being what Herodotus is able to spin into a historical account. However the Greek sources play a helpful role in evaluating how the Greeks viewed the Persian threat and the after mass of the Greco-Persian wars. A sufficient example of this can be seen in…

These depictions do seem to reflect generalizations from a Greek perspective of the Greeks, represented through Themistocles, and the Persians, represented through Xerxes. Herodotus lends great weight to their individual actions, in a sense attributing the victory at Salamis that set the tone for the entire war to the cleverness of Themistocles, and the gullibility of Xerxes. This is of course still useful to historians for extrapolation as well as a framework for more research and will continue…

Outline: How the war started/background Marathon Thermopylae Salamis Plataea After the war Legacies Persian/Greco-Persian Wars - 492-449 BC Between Greece and Persia Most intense fighting - 490-479 BC Persia 2 invasions against Greece Darius ruled Persia 522-486 BC Expanding rapidly, especially into Europe, Ionia, Thrace, Macedonia Wanted to take over Greece next (Athens) Ionia - rebelled against Persian satrap 500-494 BC known as Ionian Rebellion Satrap - provincial governor in ancient Persia…

outnumbered, however, as the Greeks employed many clever strategies in their battles, numbers alone were no longer the most important part of the war. The Persians typical strategies in warfare were to use their superior numbers and resources to defeat the, frequently smaller, enemy. They would place their strongest warriors in the centre of battle…

brother, Artabanzanes, and be crowned with the knowledge that someday he would rule. Xerxes was well educated as a boy and taught to read and write cuneiform. He was also made to study and comprehend sources of wealth such as trading and conquest and furthermore learn how to expand those resources, so he could therefore apply this knowledge to ruling Persia one day. During the scattered youth of Xerxes his father Darius would try with all of his power to overtake the strong-willed Greece. With…