Salamis
Appearance
Salamis may refer to :
Places and battles
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Salami, a type of cured sausage
- Salamina (disambiguation)