Ka kammala wannan jumla: Yaƙin Salamis da ya biyo baya yana ɗaya daga cikin yaƙe-yaƙe masu muhimmanci a tarihi. Themistokles ya kama Farisawa a cikin wani tashar da ta fi ƙanƙanta a gare su don kawo adadinsu da yawa, kuma ya kai musu hari da ƙarfi, a ƙarshe ya haifar da asarar jiragen ruwa na Farisa 200 da Girkawa 40. Aeschylus ya rubuta wani wasa game da rashin nasara, "The Persians", wanda aka yi a cikin gasar wasan kwaikwayo na Girka 'yan shekaru bayan yakin. Ita ce wasan kwaikwayo mafi tsufa da aka sani. A ƙarshe, Xerxes har yanzu yana da rundunar jiragen ruwa mafi ƙarfi fiye da Helenawa, amma ya janye duk da haka, kuma bayan ya rasa a Plataea a shekara mai zuwa, ya koma Asiya Ƙananan, ya bar Helenawa 'yanci. Duk da haka, Athenians da Spartans sun kai hari kuma sun ƙone jirgin ruwan Farisa da aka ajiye a
Mycale, kuma ya 'yanta da yawa daga cikin garuruwan Ionian. Wadannan fadace-fadace sun hada da triremes ko biremes a matsayin dandalin fadace-fadace na yau da kullun, kuma abin da aka fi mayar da hankali a yakin shi ne yin amfani da jirgin ruwan abokin gaba ta hanyar amfani da jirgin ruwan da aka karfafa. Abokin adawar zai yi ƙoƙarin yin motsi kuma ya guje wa hulɗa, ko kuma ya tura dukkan sojojin ruwa zuwa gefen da za a buga, don haka ya karkatar da jirgin. Lokacin da ragon ya janye kuma 'yan bindigar suka warwatse, ramin zai kasance a sama da ruwa kuma ba mummunan rauni ga jirgin ba.