Talk:Battle of Salamis in Cyprus (450 BC)
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Could somebody please thoroughly explain to me exactly how the Delian league won this battle.
This article has some sort of an error in it. First of all it says that when Cimon dies in the siege his fleet is commanded by Anaxicrates, which happens to be the persian commander...(WHAT!) In addition I have seen from other sources that this battle was in fact this battle was a disaster for the Greeks. We also have to consider the objective of Cimon and the delian league in this battle. Was it not to break Egypt off from the oppresion of Persia. We know that first of all Egypt still remains under persian rule until Alexander III. Further weren't the Greeks pushed back from the Nile once the persian navy arrived. I wonder if this article was written by a Greek. Hmmmmm.
My final bit of proof comes from this site called reference.com it says in quote:
In 454 BC the Athenian-led Delian League lost a fleet in an unsuccessful attempt to aid an Egyptian revolt against Persia.
