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The Greek navy destroys the Persian fleet at Salamis in 480 BCE — the naval battle that saves Greek civilization and changes the course of Western history.
Weeks after Thermopylae, with Athens evacuated and the Acropolis in flames, the Athenian general Themistocles lures the Persian fleet into the narrow strait of Salamis. The bigger Persian ships can't maneuver in the tight waters, and the smaller Greek triremes ram them to pieces. Xerxes watches from a golden throne on shore as his navy is destroyed. He retreats to Asia, and the Persian threat to Greece is effectively over. Without this victory, the Golden Age of Athens never happens.
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