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 ...

Without Spartan participation in the war against Persia at the beginning of the fifth century B.C.— especially their heroic stand at the critical Battle of Thermopylae in 480—the Persians may ...

The West compared this battle to the Spartans' feat of arms at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. Even despite heavy losses in each clash, the enemy still continues to advance. Experts say that the ...