Themistocles tricked Xerxes by making him believe that the Athenian navy was retreated , while in reality, the Athenians wer not retreat, and the Persian forces were unable to pass through the rocks and islands and got trapped and significantly smaller ships of the Athenian navy repeatedly slammed into the Persian warships and won the war
Battle of salamis
we won
Nooo
Yes
Yay
Glide: 2
After the war, they made a deal for no fighting for 30 years, but Sparta got weaker and Athens grew and entered the gold age so Sparta got jealous and started another war with athens
Battle of pleteau
Glide: 3
Xerxes retreated with his surviving army The Athenians and their theirallies defeated Xerxes army for the final time at the Battle of Plataea in 479 BCE Xerxes returned to Persia and the Persian Empire never again invaded Greece
The effect of the war
I am very mad that we lost the war
Glide: 0
Xerxes retreated with his surviving army The Athenians and their theirallies defeated Xerxes army for the final time at the Battle of Plataea in 479 BCE Xerxes returned to Persia and the Persian Empire never again invaded Greece