Salamis Explained

Salamis may refer to :

Places and battles

• Salamis Island in the Saronic Gulf of the Aegean Sea, near Athens, Greece
  • Salamina (city), former municipality on Salamis Island
  • Salamis Naval Base, a Greek naval base on Salamis Island
  • Battle of Salamis, 480 BC, between allied Greeks and Achaemenid Persian empire
• Salamis, Cyprus or Constantia, an ancient city in Cyprus
  • Battle of Salamis in Cyprus (450 BC), between Greeks and Persians
  • Battle of Salamis (306 BC), between Ptolemy I and Demetrius
• Salamis (ruin), site in Northern Israel that had formerly been a fortress

Other uses

• Greek battleship Salamis, a dreadnought ordered in 1912
• Salamis (mythology), a nymph in Greek mythology
• Salamis (butterfly), a genus in the family Nymphalidae
• Salamis (novel), a 2020 book by Harry Turtledove
• Salamis Tablet, a counting board (300 BC) discovered on Salamis Island

See also

• Salami, a type of cured sausage
• Salamina (disambiguation)