The Battle of Salamis was one of the decisive battles of world history, in which the small city-states of ancient Greece joined forces to take on the mighty Persian Empire. After the defeat and ...

The glorious ancient Greek battle of Himera. While modern historians often focus on mainland Greece and the Persian Wars, ancient historians viewed the Sicilian conflict against the Carthaginians as ...

Athens faced the Persian fleet at the battle of Salamis (an island off the coast of Athens) in 480BC and won, therefore, in their eyes, proving that this reading of the prophecy was correct.

Salamis is an island off the coast of mainland Greece. The Battle of Salamis was a great victory for the Greek navy, which, in combination with the Greek army’s victory at the Battle of Plataea the ...

The first recorded victor at the Olympics was Coroebus of Elis. A cook by profession, Coroebus won the event called the "stadion"—a footrace of just under 200 meters, run in a straight line.

They praised him when he visited the games at Olympia because of his recent victory against the Persians at the battle of Salamis (480 BC). When the games were over, winning athletes returned home ...

His recognition of naval power and diverse tactics led to victory at the Battle of Salamis. Themistocles' flexibility and strategic agility were pivotal in defending Greece and securing victory.

The Port of Piraeus by John Pentland Mahaffy, London, The Religious Tract Society, 1890 Public Domain. The story of the Piraeus Port is connected to one of the most glorious chapters in Greece’s rich ...