CIVILIZATION
PERSIAN
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Question
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Darius I
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Leonidas
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Xerxes
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Cyrus
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Detailed explanation-1: -A Persian army led by Xerxes I defeated Greek forces led by the Spartan king Leonidas in the Battle of Thermopylae.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the Battle of Thermopylae Leonidas and his brave 300 were the heroes-and Ephialtes of Trachis, the vile traitor who betrayed the Spartan army, served as the villain.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Greco-Persian Wars, which took place from 492 BC to 449 BC, happened at a time when the Persian Empire was at its peak. Yet, the Greeks were the ultimate victors by the war’s end.
Detailed explanation-4: -An army of Spartans, Thespians and Thebans remained to fight the Persians. Leonidas and the 300 Spartans with him were all killed, along with most of their remaining allies. The Persians found and beheaded Leonidas’ corpse–an act that was considered to be a grave insult.