The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 03

CHAPTER XX

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THE BATTLES OF ARTEMISIUM AND SALAMIS (480 B.C.) 330

Battle of Artemisium, 331. Athens abandoned, 334. The fleet at Salamis, 337. Xerxes at Delphi, 338. Athens taken, 339. Xerxes inspects his fleet, 340. Schemes of Themistocles, 342. Battle of Salamis, 345. The retreat of Xerxes, 348. The spoils of victory, 351. Syracusan victory over Carthage, 352.