Fact or Fiction: The Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC) between Greeks and Persians is known for two things: an utter Greek defeat leading to the "Persian Destruction of Athens" and arguably the most ...

In response a contingent of 300 Spartans and several thousand allies were sent to occupy the narrow mountain pass of Thermopylae ... designed to detain the Persians just long enough for the ...

A woman has shared her disgust over the name her coworker has chosen for his newborn daughter after taking inspiration from a ...

When the ancient Greeks faced the Persians in the Battle of Artemisium, they set the tone for the Battle of Salamis.

The stage was set for an Achaemenid Thermopylae. Alexander the Great ... 10th century CE it ceased to exist as a city. The Battle of the Persian Gate marked something of a turning point in ...

In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in ...

The Battle of Salamis was one of the decisive ... After the defeat and death of the Spartan King Leonidas at Thermopylae, the Persians burned Athens, and the Greek alliance seemed close to collapse.

In 480 BC, 300 men fought against the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. With no help from their ... like the Trojan War, the Battle of Marathon, and others, that have even ...

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 ...

In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in ...