In history, few replies have ever carried as much weight, defiance, and wit as a single word once uttered by the Spartans: ...

king of Sparta and hero of the celebrated Battle of Thermopylae (480 B.C.). In the battle, the Persian Army crushed more than 7,000 Greeks—including 300 Spartans, who are widely and falsely ...

Without Spartan participation in the war against Persia at the beginning of the fifth century B.C.— especially their heroic stand at the critical Battle of Thermopylae in 480—the Persians may ...

In response a contingent of 300 Spartans and several thousand allies were sent to occupy the narrow mountain pass of Thermopylae, not far from the Greek fleet that was anchored off the nearby ...

Two hundred and forty years ago, America’s “300 Moment” occurred during the Battle of Brooklyn ... resembling that of the 300 ancient Spartans at Thermopylae. The Marylanders saved ...

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

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 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 ...

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 ...