After defeating the doomed Spartan/Greek rear guard led by the Spartan king Leonidas at the narrow pass of Thermopylae the Persians went on to raid the Greek countryside and burned the Greek City-State of Athens . Afterwards , the Persians returned home .
Xerxes I of Persia was defeated in the naval battle of Salamis by Athenian admiral Themistocles .
They sent a fleet of ships/ navy and Themistocles was their captain.
Translated from latin: Alexander the Great defeating the last Darius, after 100,000 infantry and more than 10,000 cavalrymen had been killed amongst the ranks of the Persians. Whilst King Darius was able to flee with no more than 1,000 horsemen, his mother, wife, and children were taken prisoner.
Celebrate victory over the Persians
Themistocles was an Athenian commander of the fleet at the battle of Salami against Persians.
Themistocles led Athens to build a large navy that was eventually useful in defeating the Persians. He also served as Arkhon or Ruler during the Wars.
Themistocles' most important achievement was beating off the invasion of Greece by the Persians, around 480 BC.
Themistocles did not defeat the Persians. He commanded the Athenian contingent which was part of the Greek fleet under command of Spartan admiral Eurobiades which defeated the Persian fleet at the battle of Salamis in 480 BCE.
Themistocles was an Athenian and lived before the Romans took over Greece. He never foot anywhere near Rome. He fought the Persians
He did not defeat the Persians. The Persians were defeated in three battles - Themistocles was at one of them - Salamis where the commander was Spartan Eurybiades. Themistocles is credited with a successful ruse to split the Persian fleet which evened the size of the fleets, and proposing the battle be carried out in the confined waters in the strait at Salamis which gave the Greek fleet the opportunity to attack the flanks of the heavier Persian ships with their lighter ones.
Themistocles.
Themistocles.
Themistocles was the Athenian general that defeated the Persians at Salamis. He used military strategy and tricked the Persians into sailing into the straits where they lost needed mobility.
Themistocles used 300 or so war ships to stop the Persians from coming in through the Artemisum Straight so they couldn't get behind the geek lines. The Persians realized that they could sail along the length of the island to get around the blockade, but Themistocles had anticipated tis and had a blockade there also.
The Persians were defeated by the Athenian Admiral Themistocles at the sea battle of Salamis and the Spartan general Pausanius defeated the Persian army led by Mardonius at the battle of Plataea .
In the decisive battle of Salamis 480 BCE, the Greek side was commanded by the Spartan admiral Eurybiades.