Battle of Salamis (Greco-Persian Wars) war movies

Battle of Salamis September 480 BC

Naval battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece. Outnumbered forces of Athens and their allies managed to defeat the Persian fleet and thus forced Xerxes to retreat to Asia. Even though Persians had advantage in numbers (according to different sources between 2 to 1 or even 4 to 1) they did not reached their target, which was landing near Athens. The description of the battle is rather vague, based on the works of Herodotus and only scraps of informations from other sources. The only thing that is present in all the stories is the part that Themistocles played in the battle as the leader of Greek forces, who kept the morale of his men and prepared plan that helped stop the invasion.

300: Rise of an Empire 2014

Xerxes becomes new king of Persia and is determined to finish what his father has started - the invasion of Greece.