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Salamis

also: Salamine, Salamis

The island in the Saronic Gulf off Athens, site of the decisive Greek naval victory over Persia in 480 BC associated with Themistocles. Distinct from Salamis in Cyprus; Cicero cites it as the witness to a most glorious victory.

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