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The '''Battle of Salamis''' took place around [[450 BC]] near [[Salamis, Cyprus|Salamis]] in [[Cyprus]].

In [[454 BC]] the [[Athens|Athenian]]-led [[Delian League]] lost a fleet in an unsuccessful attempt to aid an Egyptian revolt against Persia. Over the next three years, Athens also failed to capture [[Pharsalus]] in [[Thessaly]], as well as [[Sicyon]] and [[Oeniadae]], all of which were allies of the [[Sparta]]n-led [[Peloponnesian League]]. In [[451 BC]] Athens concluded a five-year truce with Sparta.

After the truce [[Cimon]] found the opportunity to continue the war against the Persians. He sailed to Cyprus with two hundred [[trireme]]s of the confederacy. From there, he sent sixty ships to Egypt to help the Prince Amyrtaeos, who was fighting the Persians at the Nile Delta. Cimon with the remaining ships aided the uprising of the Cypriot Greek city-states against their hegemon and laid siege to the Persian stronghold of [[Citium]] on the south west coast of Cyprus. During the siege Cimon died and the command of the fleet was given to [[Anaxicrates]], who left Citium to engage the Phoenician and Cilician fleet at Salamis of Cyprus. The Greek fleet gained a complete victory on sea and land and rejoining with the sixty ships in Egypt, sailed to Athens.

The Athenians did not take advantage of their victory; instead, they simply returned home, where they found that Sparta had taken over the temple at [[Delphi]], and that the [[Boeotia]]ns were beginning to revolt against Athenian rule. This revolt led to the [[Battle of Coronea (447 BC)|Battle of Coronea]] in [[447 BC]].

==See also==
* The [[Battle of Salamis]] of [[480 BC]] was a naval battle in the [[Greco-Persian Wars]] near the island of [[Salamis]] near [[Athens]] in [[Greece]].
* The [[Battle of Salamis in Cyprus (306 BC)|Battle of Salamis in Cyprus]] of [[306 BC]] was a [[naval battle]] between the fleets of [[Demetrius I of Macedon]] and [[Ptolemy I of Egypt]].

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 ==See also==
 * The [[Battle of Salamis]] of [[480 BC]] was a naval battle in the [[Greco-Persian Wars]] near the island of [[Salamis]] near [[Athens]] in [[Greece]].
-* The [[Battle of Salamis in Cyprus (306 BC)|Battle of Salamis in Cyprus]] of [[306 BC]] was a [[naval battle]] between the fleets of [[Demetrius I of Macedon]] and [[Ptolemy I of Egypt]].
+* The [[Battle of Salamis in Cyprus (306 BC)|Battle of Salamis in Cyprus]] of [[306 BC]] was a naval battle between the fleets of [[Demetrius I of Macedon]] and [[Ptolemy I of Egypt]].
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 [[Category:Battles of the Greco-Persian Wars|Salamis (in Cyprus)]]
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