Jan 11, 2023
The Battle of
Thermopylae (/θərˈmɒpɪliː/ thər-MOP-i-lee; Greek: Μάχη
τῶν Θερμοπυλῶν, Máchē tōn Thermopylōn) was fought in 480 BC
between the Achaemenid
Persian Empire under Xerxes I and an
alliance of Greek
city-states led by Sparta under Leonidas I.
Lasting over the course of three days, it was one of the most
prominent battles of both the second
Persian invasion of Greece and the wider Greco-Persian
Wars.
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