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The Battle of Thermopylae. THE GATES OF FIRE The Battle of Thermopylae.

The Greek World 480 BC ATHENS SPARTA

THE PERSIAN EMPIRE

XERXES the Great. The King of Kings.

MARATHON 490 BC

Hoplites

The Persian Army. 1 500 000

THERMOPYLAE

Thermopylae ‘The Gates of Fire’

The Greeks 300 Spartans. 400 Corinthians. 400 Thebans. 1000 Phocians. 3100 others = 5200 Greeks.

Leonidas, King of Sparta

5200 VS 1 500 000

1: 288

DAY 1

DAY 2

300 Spartans. 700 Thespians. 400 Thebans. =1400. 1: 1071

DAY 3

Spartan memorial, Thermopylae

Leonidas memorial, Sparta.

HERODOTUS

‘Stranger- go tell the Spartans: We did our duty, and here we lie’

A bully is nothing everywhere. AESCHYLUS 431 BC The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke.

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