Xerxes and the Akimani Persians

When the Akimani fleet approached the sea ports of Athens at the strait of Salamus the Greek naval fleet retreated into a narrow strait of water. This was an absolute unforeseen disaster for the Akimanids, they had been drawn in and trapped from these treacherous narrow waterways. Thousands of Akimani Persians were slaughtered or drowned in the torrid waters of the Strait of Salamis. Xerxes has no option but to demand a retreat undoing all of the hard work that he and his forces had done to get this far in the first place. And let's finally go back to what the history of the world podcast was talking about for four years ago on this day.