Battle of Salamis
480 BCE
The Greek fleet destroys much of the Persian navy in the narrow straits.
- Type
- Battle
- Date
- 480 BCE
- Place
- Greece
Who was alive during Battle of Salamis
- Laozi c. 571–c. 471 BCE, philosopher
- Xenophanes c. 570–c. 478 BCE, philosopher
- Confucius 551–479 BCE, philosopher
- Leonidas I c. 540–480 BCE, king
- Heraclitus c. 535–c. 475 BCE, philosopher
- Aeschylus c. 525–c. 456 BCE, playwright
- Themistocles c. 524–459 BCE, statesman
- Xerxes I c. 518–465 BCE, king
- Sophocles c. 497–c. 406 BCE, playwright
- Pericles c. 495–429 BCE, statesman
- Protagoras c. 490–c. 420 BCE, philosopher
- Herodotus c. 484–c. 425 BCE, historian
- Euripides c. 480–c. 406 BCE, playwright
- Myron c. 480–c. 440 BCE, sculptor
- Phidias c. 480–c. 430 BCE, sculptor
- Theagenes of Thasos Died c. 450 BCE, wrestler