ID: 901000068 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000068	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Battle of Salamis (Greek history, 480 BCE)

Note: Naval battle fought between an Alliance of Greek city-states and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia in September 480 BCE in the straits between the mainland and Salamis, an island in the Saronic Gulf near Athens. It marked a turning point of the second Persian invasion of Greece.

Display Date: 480 BCE

Names:

	Battle of Salamis (Greek history, 480 BCE) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Ναυμαχία τῆς Σαλαμῖνος (Greek history, 480 BCE) (Greek-P,D,P)
	Naumachia tēs Salaminos (Greek history, 480 BCE) (Greek (transliterated)-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<Ancient history (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, other western)> (P)
		........Battle of Salamis (Greek history, 480 BCE) (I)

Other Relationships:

	belligerent was .... Achaemenid Empire
	.....(Asia) (TGN)

	located in .... Salamínos, Stenón
	.....(Region of Attica, Greece, Europe) (TGN)

	role/characteristic is .... naval battles
	.....(battles, armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	belligerent was .... Ancient Greece
	.....(Europe) (TGN)

	actor is .... Xerxes (Persian king, ca. 519-465/464 BCE)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
	.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Persian (culture)
	.....(Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	actor is .... Themistocles (Ancient Greek politician, general, ca. 524-459 BCE)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Sources:

	Battle of Salamis (Greek history, 480 BCE)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Ναυμαχία τῆς Σαλαμῖνος (Greek history, 480 BCE)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Salamis
	Naumachia tēs Salaminos (Greek history, 480 BCE)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Salamis

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 11 January 2011
	................ Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Themistocles#/media/File:Illustrerad_Verldshistoria_band_I_Ill_116.png