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At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared and admired Spartan soldiers stood three hundred strong. Theirs was a suicide mission, to hold the pass against the invading millions of the mighty Persian army. Day after bloody day they withstood the terrible onslaught, buying time for the Greeks to rally their forces. Born into a cult of spiritual courage, physical endurance, and unmatched battle skill, the Spartans would be remembered...
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In 480 BC, a huge Persian army, led by the inimitable King Xerxes, entered the mountain pass of Thermopylae as it marched on Greece, intending to conquer the land with little difficulty. But the Greeks-led by King Leonidas and a small army of Spartans-took the battle to the Persians at Thermopylae, and halted their advance-almost. It is one of history's most acclaimed battles, one of civilization's greatest last stands. And in Thermopylae,...
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Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"The year 2022 marks 2,500 years since Athens, the birthplace of democracy, fought off the mighty Persian Empire. This is the story of the three epic battles--Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis--that saved democracy, forever altering the history of Europe and the West."--
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Athenian novels (Conn Iggulden) volume 1
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Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"In ancient Greece an army of slaves gathers on the plains of Marathon...Under Darius the Great, King of Kings, the mighty Persian army--swollen by 10,000 warriors known as The Immortals--have come to subjugate the Greeks. In their path, vastly outnumbered, stands an army of freeborn Athenians. Among them is a clever, fearsome, and cunning soldier-statesman, Xanthippus. Against all odds, the Athenians emerge victorious. Yet people soon forget that...
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c2007
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English
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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 one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead an Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes waited many days for King Leonidas to surrender or withdraw....
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
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English
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The heroic Leonidas, armed with nothing but leather underwear and a cape, leads a ragtag group of 13 warriors to defend their homeland against the invading Persians, whose ranks include Ghost Rider, Rocky Balboa, the Transformers, and Paris Hilton.
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A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2007
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English
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It is almost impossible to understand how 300 Spartans managed to hold off the million-man Persian army, but with transporting dramatizations and incisive graphics that put you in the heat of battle, learn the strategies and more in this historic battle.
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Osprey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"While the epic events of 480 BC when Leonidas and 300 Spartans attempted to hold the pass at Thermopylae have been immortalized in poetry, art, literature, and film, no history has ever before detailed the other battles and engagements that took place at this exact same location. From the very first action between rival Ancient Greeks through to the battles fought by Romans and Byzantines, Huns and Ottomans, and finally the desperate struggles against...
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Recorded Books
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p2004
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English
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In this course, Kenyon College professor Dr. Timothy B. Shutt addresses three wars fought in antiquity, each of which had--even two thousand years and more later--a decisive effect in shaping our communal sense of who we are, wherever Western values hold.
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