WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Battle of Thermopylae, (480 bce), battle in central Greece at the mountain pass of Thermopylae during the Persian Wars . The Greek forces, mostly Spartan, were led by Leonidas.

Detailed explanation-2: -Once Leonidas became aware of the gamble, he outflanked the majority of the army, standing against the Persians with his 300 Spartans and a few others. All of them died, and the Persians won the Battle of Thermopylae.

Detailed explanation-3: -Yet there was another man, one of Leonidas’ 300, namely Aristodemus of Sparta, the only survivor of the epic battle. According to the historian Herodotus, there were only three men out of Leonidas’ elite army who did not fight in the epic battle.

Detailed explanation-4: -Battle of Thermopylae In the late summer of 480 B.C., Leonidas led an army of 6, 000 to 7, 000 Greeks from many city-states, including 300 Spartans, in an attempt to prevent the Persians from passing through Thermopylae.