038 - Behind the Wooden Walls

In this episode, we discuss the events leading up to, the battle of Salamis itself, and its aftermath

Primary Sources:

Text/Herodotus' Histories (Book 8)

Text/Plutarch's Life of Themistocles

Text/Plutarch's Life of Aristides

Supplementary Resources (Videos, Photos, Other Podcasts)

Map/The Achaemenid Empire (ca. 500 BC)

Map/The Greco-Persian Wars

Video/The Persians & Greeks (Crash Course)

Video/The Greco-Persian Wars Explained (Knowledgia)



Video/The Persian Wars (Foxwede History)

Video/Why the Persians Failed to Conquer Greece (Invicta History)

 

Video/Xerxes I - Persia Rises Part 4 (Yore History)

 

Video/Second Persian Invasion (Khan Academy)

Map/Persian Movements to Thermopylae, Artemisium, Salamis, and Plataea

Photo/Themistocles' Troezen Decree

Video/Battle of Salamis (History Den)



Video/Battle of Salamis 480 BC (Kings and Generals)

Video/The Battle of Salamis (September 480 BCE) (History Dude)



Video/The Battle of Salamis (Monarchs Factory)

Map/The Battle of Salamis

Photo/Xerxes' View of Salamis from Mt Aigaleo

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***Casting Through Ancient Greece - The Battle of Salamis

***Casting Through Ancient Greece - 300: Rise of An Empire Against the Sources

***Deviant Women - Artemisia I of Caria
***History in the Making - No Half Measures

***History of Modern Greece - Achaemenids: Greco Persian Wars

***History of the World - Second Persian Invasion of Greece, Part Two
***Maritime History - The Naval Battle of Salamis

***Wonders of the World - The Two Artemesias
***You're Dead to Me - The Battle of Salamis