Thermopylae is the site of the Battle of Thermopylae between the Greek forces (including Spartans, Thebans and Thespians) and the invading Persian forces, commemorated by …

Far from labelling Thermopylae as a Pyrrhic victory, modern academic treatises on the Greco-Persian Wars tend to emphasise the success of Xerxes in breaching the formidable Greek …

Mar 15, 2024 · Outnumbered, outgunned—so to speak—and without the resources of the mighty Persian Empire, the Spartans’ best hope for success lay in forcing the Persians to fight in a …

Mar 12, 2019 · Herodotus estimated the Persian army to number in the millions, but modern historians tend to doubt his reportage. The Battle of Thermopylae was one of many battles …

Thermopylae, narrow pass on the east coast of central Greece between the Kallídhromon massif and the Gulf of Maliakós, about 85 miles (136 km) northwest of Athens (Athína). In antiquity its …

Feb 7, 2025 · Battle of Thermopylae, (480 bce), battle in central Greece at the mountain pass of Thermopylae during the Persian Wars. The Greek forces, mostly Spartan, were led by Leonidas.

May 26, 2024 · In the early 5th century BCE, the Greek city-states were a collection of fiercely independent and often warring polities, spread across the Greek mainland, the Aegean …

Nov 25, 2020 · 2020 marks the 2,500th anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BCE (technically it is the 2,499th). In Greece, the occasion has been commemorated with a new set …

Feb 28, 2025 · Modern estimates put the size of the army between 120,000 and 300,000. Against them stood a relatively tiny army of 7,000 Greeks led by the famous 300 Spartan hoplites that …