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Seapower and Western World Part 2 The Battle of Salamis September 480 (BCE)
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World Map
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Persian Empire
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World Map
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Greece & Aegean Sea
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Peloponnesus Includes Sparta and Corinth Phocaea
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Attica and Island of Euboea Includes Athens, Eritrea and Aegina Phocaea
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Ionia Phocaea to Miletus; Samos and Chios
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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
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490 BCE – Darius Launches Punitive Expedition Against Eritrea and Athens Darius I or Darius the Great Emperor of Persia 550 – 486 BCE Phocaea
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Battle of Marathon Miltiades the Younger 550 – 489 BCE General at the Battle of Marathon
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Phocaea Darius I or Darius the Great Emperor of Persia 550 – 486 BCE End of Round 1
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Phocaea Xerxes I or Xerxes the Great Emperor of Persia 519 – 465 BCE
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Phocaea Themistocles 524 – 459 BCE Athenian Politician and General
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Phocaea
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Themistocles 524 – 459 BCE Athenian Politician and General
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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.
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