When the ancient Greeks faced the Persians in the Battle of Artemisium, they set the tone for the Battle of Salamis.

The showdown between the ancient Greek city states and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia was one of the pivotal moments of ...

The Persian Empire: Asia & Egypt ... However, both Darius and his son Xerxes came unstuck in their efforts to defeat independent Greece and thereafter their heirs were more concerned with keeping ...

In the battle that followed, the Persian armada was devastated. The Greeks lost 40 ships, the Persians 200. Unable to keep his land army supplied Xerxes was forced to flee back to his empire ...

However, many Greeks worked for the Persian Empire and in the Persian army ... but they fought ferociously. Xerxes brought a massive fleet, thought to have been between 600 and 1200 ships ...

After its victory over Leonidas' 300, the Persian Army under the command of Xerxes marches towards the major Greek city-states. The Democratic city of Athens, first on the path of Xerxes' army ...