Salamis 480 BC: The Naval Campaign That Saved Greece

by William Shepherd

Osprey's study of a crucial battle of the Grerco-Persian Wars (499-449 BC). Weeks after the glorious disaster at Thermopylae and heavy but inconclusive fighting at sea off Artemisium, with Athens now in barbarian hands and the Acropolis burned, the Greeks dramatically halted the Persian invasion of 480BC. They brought the 600-strong Persian fleet to battle with their 350 triremes in the confined waters of the straits of Salamis and, through a combination...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846036844
• ISBN13: 9781846036842
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.2" x 9.8"