Can any one tell me about the battle of Thermopylae?
How the Greeks saved the world? The Battle of Thermopylae/480 BC was the GREATEST and one of the most relevant battles in the history of the world as we know it today. A SMALL alliance of Greek city-states fought the ENTIRE invading Persian army in a mountain pass. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the Persian advance for THREE DAYS. Leonidas, the Spartan King commanding the army, held up the enemy in the most famous last stand of history. At the time the mountain pass of Thermopylae consisted of a pass so narrow that two chariots could barely move abreast—on the western side of the pass stood the sheer side of the mountain, while the east side was the sea. On a hot August day an army of some 7000 Greeks, led by the 300 Spartans stood against the full force of the Persian army, numbering some 60 TIMES ITS SIZE. THREE DAYS….NON STOP….until the Greeks fell to the very last warrior. Even though they managed to kill around 20,000 Persians, the Greeks lost that third day. However
