Xerxes I brought one of the biggest invasion forces the ancient world had seen, but at the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC, the Greek fleet flipped the script. Eurybiades and Themistocles led the charge, and it was…
Battle of Salamis Themistocles


Xerxes I, known to history as Xerxes the Great, was the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, ruling from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC.
Xerxes I brought one of the biggest invasion forces the ancient world had seen, but at the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC, the Greek fleet flipped the script. Eurybiades and Themistocles led the charge, and it was…
Battle of Salamis Themistocles