An Aeginian contingent at this battle successfully employed the diekplous maneuver.
An Aeginian contingent at this battle successfully employed the diekplous maneuver. Prior to thisbattle, Sicinnus was sent as a false messenger to an enemy commander. The victorious commander inthis battle funneled the enemy fleet through a strait in the Saronic Gulf. It was fought near the portof (*) Piraeus. Participants in this battle included Artemesia of Caria, the Queen of Halicarnassus. Thelosing commander watched this battle from a throne on a nearby island and saw over two hundred of histriremes sunk. Prior to this battle, Athens was evacuated and the Spartans lost at Thermopylae. For 10points, name this naval battle, where the Persian fleet of King Xerxes I was handily defeated by the Greeksunder Themistocles.
An Aeginian contingent at this battle successfully employed the diekplous maneuver.
Battle of Salamis