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Categories: Lamia (city), Battles of the Greco-Persian Wars, Last stand battles, Battle of Thermopylae, Battles involving the Achaemenid Empire

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A famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece WordNet 3.0

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A famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The Battle of Thermopylae was fought in 480 BC between the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Xerxes I and an alliance of Greek city-states led by Sparta under Leonidas I. Lasting over the course of three days, it was one of the most prominent battles of both the second Persian invasion of Greece and the wider Greco-Persian Wars. Wikipedia

Battle of 480 B.C. during Persian invasion of Greece Wikidata

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pitched battle

battle

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Second Persian invasion of Greece

Greco-Persian Wars

DERIVATIVE WORK

Leonidas at Thermopylae

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Thermopylae

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