Region: Southern Europe · Coordinates: 37.943, 23.484 · 11 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 600 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Athens, at war with Megara over Salamis, makes a prohibiting law, which Solon resolves tradition |
| 600 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Various stories are told of how Solon won the island of Salamis tradition |
| 480 BC | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | Just before the battle of Salamis, Samians secretly swam over and informed Eurybiades of the enemy's movements. |
| 480 BC | Herodotus, Histories | Themistocles persuades them to fight at Salamis; Adeimantus of Corinth objects |
| 480 BC | Herodotus, Histories | Themistocles secretly sends a message to the Persians, and in the dead of night the Persian fleet surrounds Salamis |
| 480 BC | Herodotus, Histories | When the Greek fleet sets out, Persia attacks; the Aeginetans and Athenians fight well and win, and Ariabignes dies |
| 480 BC | Herodotus, Histories | Xerxes pretends to build an embankment toward Salamis |
| 480 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | A tradition that during the battle of Salamis a great light arose from Eleusis and a shout was heard |
| 480 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | With a small force he drives off the enemy on the islet of Psyttaleia off Salamis |
| 479 BC | Herodotus, Histories | Because Sparta is late, Athens again evacuates to Salamis |
| 429 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | The Peloponnesians overrun Salamis and take the Boudoron fort and three ships |