Salamis Island

Salamis Island is the largest Greek island inside the Saronic Gulf, approximately 1 nautical mile 2 km off-coast from Piraeus and approximately 16 kilometres 10 miles west of imperative Athens. The leader city, Salamina, lies in the west-going through middle of the crescent on Salamis Bay, which opens into the Saronic Gulf. On the Eastern aspect of the island is its predominant port, Paloukia, in size second in Greece simplest to Piraeus, the port of Athens. Salamis turned into probable first colonised by Aegina and later occupied through Megara, however have become an Athenian possession within the time of Solon or Peisistratos, following the warfare between Athens and Megara round 600 BC.

According to Strabo, the ancient capital turned into on the south of the island; in classical times it become to the east, at the Kamatero Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Salamis; in modern times it's far on the west. According to Homer's Iliad, Salamis took part in the Trojan War with twelve ships underneath the management of Ajax Aias. Salamis island is thought for the Battle of Salamis, the decisive naval victory of the allied Greek fleet, led with the aid of Themistocles, over the Persian Empire in 480 BC. It is stated to be the birthplace of Ajax and Euripides, the latter's start being popularly positioned on the day of the conflict. In cutting-edge times, it's miles domestic to Salamis Naval Base, headquarters for the Hellenic Navy. The oldest regarded counting board was found on Salamis Island in 1899.