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The legendary battle of Thermopylae at the Hot Gates 480 BC


Battle of Thermopylae | Date, Location, and Facts | Britannica

The Battle of Thermopylae was fought in central Greece at the mountain pass of Thermopylae in 480 BCE during the Persian Wars.

Battle of Thermopylae - Wikipedia

The engagement at Thermopylae occurred simultaneously with the naval Battle of Artemisium: between July and September 480 BC. The second Persian invasion ...

The legendary battle of Thermopylae at the Hot Gates 480 BC

The legendary battle of Thermopylae at the Hot Gates of Greece 480 BC. In 490 BC, after the defeat of the Persians at Marathon by the Athenians and their allies ...

Thermopylae | Persian Wars, Battle of - Britannica

There, in August 480 bce, during the second Persian invasion of Greece, a small Greek force under the Spartan king Leonidas defended Attica and Boeotia against ...

The Battle of Thermopylae

At Thermopylae in the late summer of 480 the Spartan king Leonidas held out for three days with a mere 300 hoplites against thousands upon thousands of the ...

Battle of Thermopylae: Spartans & Thespians vs. the Persians

The Battle of Thermopylae is famous in history, poetry, and modern culture. Learn more about the 480 BCE battle of Spartans and Thespians against Xerxes I's ...

Thermopylae - Wikipedia

The land surface on which the famous Battle of Thermopylae was fought in 480 BC is now buried under 20 metres (66 ft) of soil. The shoreline has also advanced ...

Thermopylae (480 BCE) - Livius.org

Thermopylae (Θερμοπύλαι; "Hot Gates"): small pass in Greece, site of several battles, of which the Spartan defeat against the Persian ...

The Battle of Thermopylae - YouTube

Battle of Thermopylae. Today in 'this week in military history' we look an astonishing 2500 years to the battle of Thermopylae that took ...

Battle of Thermopylae: How 300 Spartans Held Off 100,000 Troops

The Battle of Thermopylae was fought in 480 BC. It was a turning point in the Greco-Persian wars, proving the impossible can be done with ...

Battle of Thermopylae: When Greece Fought to Defend Western ...

Most historians believe that the epic battle took place in August of 480 BC. Thermopylae (“Hot Gates” in English) was a mountain pass with ...

The Battle of Thermopylae - The Warriors of Greece

In a desperate, heroic delaying action, a picked force of 300 Spartans was dispatched to the pass at Thermopylae known as the Hot Gates or “Gates of Fire”, ...

At the Hot Gates - Donald Samson

It's the year 480 BC and the greatest army ever gathered in the ancient world is on the march to conquer all of Greece.

Betrayal crushed Sparta's last stand at the Battle of Thermopylae

In early June of 480 B.C., a mighty Persian army crossed the Dardanelles strait on two pontoon bridges to continue a brutal advance into ...

Thermopylae Leonidas Spartans Thespians Battle ... - Ermioni.info

In ancient times, Thermopylae was called Malis, named after the Greek tribe of Malians that lived nearby, as is the present Malian Gulf. Since 480 BC, the ...

The Battle of Thermopylae: Principles of War on the Ancient Battlefield

the year 480 b.c.e., the Persian Empire had expanded to become one of the ... King. Leonidas decided that the Pass of Thermopylae, or “the Hot Gates,” a narrow.

The Battle of Thermopylae: How 300 Spartans Held Off ... - YouTube

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The Battle of Thermopylae: Spartans vs. Persians - Vocal Media

In the sweltering summer of 480 BCE, in the narrow coastal pass of Thermopylae, a small band of Spartan warriors stood poised to face an immense Persian ...

The Puzzles of Thermopylae - History Today

In 480 BC a vast Persian army under king Xerxes crossed into Greece. The invasion was triggered by Athens' defeat of a Persian army at ...

Thermopylae Battle tour/ Herodotus history private tour

In the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC, an alliance of South Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the pass of Thermopylae.