In response a contingent of 300 Spartans and several thousand allies were sent to occupy the narrow mountain pass of Thermopylae, not far from the Greek fleet, that was anchored off the nearby ...

Director Zack Snyder's 300 (airing on SYFY this month) remains a standout piece of his filmography, an operatic action epic based on one of the most famous battles in the history of the ancient world.

In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek ... men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans. Xerxes waited for 10 days for King Leonidas ...

Persians, Spartans, Leonidas, Xerxes, Ephialtes… Everyone has heard these names and can place them—more or less—in the 5th century BCE, when the Battle of Thermopylae took place. It was one of the key ...

Officials made speeches about the not so well known battle of Thermopylae, which took place on April 24 1941 between the Anzacs and the Germans.George Attilakos spoke to Sotiris Hatzimanolis about ...

He killed 300 Chinese soldiers during this battle, which took place on November ... at the narrow coastal pass of Thermopylae, or the Hot Gates. The Persian invasion was a delayed response to ...