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 ...

Map of the German invasion of Greece ... Despite the tone, the absence of Greek soldiers in the Battle of Thermopylae was deeply frustrating due to its symbolic significance. After the war, journalist ...

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 Pallaconian Brotherhood of Melbourne and Victoria "Leonidas" held an Anzac ceremony at Sparta Place, Brunswick. Officials made speeches about the not so well known battle of Thermopylae ...

The bulk of the book covers the battles and actions fought at Thermopylae over the centuries. The longest chapter is of course devoted to the most famous battle, fought in 480 BCE between the Persians ...