Battle of Thermopylae in popular culture (Q4872542)

  • matcher place: Greece (relation 192307), Central Greece (relation 910915)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: Ancient Greece in art and culture, Battle of Thermopylae, Battles in popular culture, Places in popular culture
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BCE was a last stand by a Greek army led by King Leonidas I of Sparta against an Achaemenid Persian army led by Xerxes I during the Second Persian invasion of Greece. There is a long tradition of upholding the story of the battle as an example of virtuous self-sacrifice.

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