Salamis

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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)
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