The Persian Wars, 499–449 BC | Calm Bedtime History
In the late summer of 480 BC, Persian ships gathered in the narrow waters beside Salamis while smoke rose from Athens across the Saronic Gulf. This was the middle of a conflict that had begun with a revolt in Ionia in 499 BC and would continue, in changing forms, until the middle of the fifth century.
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