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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.
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THE GATES OF FIRE The Battle of Thermopylae.
The Greek World 480 BC ATHENS SPARTA
XERXES the Great. The King of Kings.
The Persian Army. 1 500 000
The Greeks 300 Spartans. 400 Corinthians. 400 Thebans. 1000 Phocians. 3100 others = 5200 Greeks.
5200 VS 1 500 000
300 Spartans. 700 Thespians. 400 Thebans. =1400. 1: 1071
‘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.