The Fate of Greece and Europe Hung on a Razor`s Edge – 2,500 Years Since Salamis
(WorldNews Greece)

Exactly 2,500 years ago a combined fleet of just over 300 triremes of?an alliance of?Greek city?states and an armada of between 800-1,000 triremes of the vast Persian Empire under the personal command of the King of Kings, Xerxes, met in the?Straights of Salamis – a Greek island near Piraeus – and prepared for a battle that was to decide to destiny of Greece and Europe and the future course of Western civilization.? The appointed supreme commander of the Greek fleet was the Spartan Eurybiades – a Spartan requirement even though Athens was the greatest naval power of Greece – with Themistocles of Athens and Adeimantus of Corinth the senior commanders....