HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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The persians won the battle easily.
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The Persians won, but the Spartans had fought until the end.
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The Spartans and Athenians defeated the Persians.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -What was the result of the Battle of Thermopylae? A Persian army led by Xerxes I defeated Greek forces led by the Spartan king Leonidas in the Battle of Thermopylae.
Detailed explanation-2: -Remembering Thermopylae Though defeated at Thermopylae, the Greeks would ultimately prevail in the second Greco-Persian war, though not before Athens was sacked by the Persians. Following a naval defeat at the Battle of Salamis, Xerxes retreated to Asia, losing many men to disease and starvation along the way.
Detailed explanation-3: -Three hundred Spartans, joined by a small force of Greeks, defend the mountain pass of Thermopylae against the invading Persians. If the 300 Spartans had stayed home and if Persians had won the Greco-Persian Wars, the Western concept of freedom most likely would not exist.
Detailed explanation-4: -After Thermopylae, the Greeks went on to achieve great victories at Salamis and Plataea where they decisively defeated the Persians. Leonidas and his men had reinforced the prestige of Sparta and raised the morale of all Greeks to continue fighting against Persia.
Detailed explanation-5: -Led by King Leonidas, the Spartans heroically held the Persians at bay for nearly a week until-outnumbered, betrayed and outflanked-they were finally defeated.