Re: Section IV - Historical Periods
I talked about Artemesium a bit, and how it gave Themistocles the idea for the plan at Salamis.
Well, I didn't particularly reference the battle and just shove a random summary of the battle in for no reason. The crux of my argument that was since Salamis set the stage for a Greek victory at Plataea, it was, in essence, the most important battle of the war. If the Greeks had lost at Salamis, they would have faced a Persian force at Salamis that was led by the king, well-supplied, very confident with great morale and considerably larger, while they would have had considerably less men (given the amount of states that swapped sides or changed from neutrality after Salamis) and considerably less confidence. The Greeks would have surely lost at Plataea if they didn't win at Salamis. I also talked about how Themistocles is often regarded as the most important figure of the war, simply because he shifted Athens' focus onto the navy, and this is regarded by Plutarch to have won the war for them.blackall46 said:what battles did youse talk about for the 500-440 naval one
i did artemisium and salamis in mad detail
I talked about Artemesium a bit, and how it gave Themistocles the idea for the plan at Salamis.