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    The Battle of Thermopylae: The Heroic Fall of Leonidas I and the 300 Spartans
    The Battle of Thermopylae: The Heroic Fall of Leonidas I and the 300 Spartans
    The Battle of Thermopylae: The Heroic Fall of Leonidas I and the 300 Spartans
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    The Battle of Thermopylae: The Heroic Fall of Leonidas I and the 300 Spartans

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    Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of The Battle of Thermopylae in next to no time with this concise guide.

    50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of The Battle of Thermopylae. In 480 BC, the Persian Empire was preparing to attempt another invasion of Greece. Determined to fight against them, Leonidas I raised an army of several thousand men. Both forces headed to the narrow pass of Thermopylae, where the future of Greece was decided in one fell swoop.

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       • Understand the political and social context that preceded the battle and led to the eruption of the Second Median War
       • Identify the main commanders and leaders that directed the Spartans, Persians and Greeks
       • Analyse the outcome of the battle and the military and political consequences this had for the countries involved

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    LanguageEnglish
    Publisher50Minutes.com
    Release dateApr 26, 2016
    ISBN9782806275226
    The Battle of Thermopylae: The Heroic Fall of Leonidas I and the 300 Spartans

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      The Battle of Thermopylae - 50minutes

      Key information

      When: August 480 B.C.

      Where: The coastal pass of Thermopylae, a Greek passage between northern and central Greece

      Context: The Second Persian War (481-479 B.C.)

      Belligerents: The Persian Empire against the allied Greek states led by Sparta

      Commanders and leaders:

      Leonidas I, King of Sparta (c. 540-480 B.C.)

      Xerxes I, Great King of the Persian Empire (c. 519-465 B.C.)

      Mardonius, Persian General (died in 479 B.C.)

      Outcome: Persian victory

      Victims:

      Greek camp: the 300 Spartans of Leonidas I were killed, and probably the 700 Thespian allies (inhabitants of the Greek city in Boeotia), as well as an unknown number of Thebans

      Persian camp: many deaths were suffered, but the exact number is unknown

      Introduction

      In 480 B.C., ten years after the first Persian War, the mighty Persian Empire prepared a second attempt to invade mainland Greece, while it already dominated the Greek cities of Asia Minor (now Turkey) and part of the Greek Islands, Thrace and Macedonia, north of Aegean Sea. During the summer, although a victory seemed impossible, the Greek cities put their rivalries aside and sought, on land and sea, to bar the way to the Persian army and its huge fleet. A contingent of several thousand men, led by Leonidas I, King of Sparta, was then sent to the narrow pass of Thermopylae, which led to the heart of Greece.

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