A 19th Century view of the site of the naval Battle of Salamis fought in the straits between the mainland and Salamis, an island in the Saronic Gulf near Piraeus. The battle marked the high-point of the second Persian invasion of Greece was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles and the Persian Empire under King Xerxes I in 480 BC and resulted in a decisive victory for the outnumbered Greeks

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Size: 5184px × 3676px
Location: Salamis, Saronic Gulf, Piraeus, Greece
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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