Battle of Artemisium

Timeline

1. -480Cape Artemisium · EuboeaThemistocles commanded a combined fleet of Athens, Corinth, and other city-states, deploying at the northern end of the Euboean Strait to coordinate with the land defense at Thermopylae and prevent the Persian fleet from sailing south to cut the Greek supply line.
2. -480Euboean Strait · Aegean SeaBoth sides repeatedly engaged using ramming tactics and fire attacks: the Greeks sank several enemy ships, but storms and Persian numerical superiority also cost Greek vessels. No decisive result was reached, but the Persians failed to achieve a naval envelopment.
3. -480Attic waters · AtticaLearning that Thermopylae had fallen and the mountain path was in Persian hands, the Greek fleet voluntarily withdrew to Attic waters, preparing to meet the great Persian fleet in the narrow channels of the Salamis strait using the terrain to advantage.