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  • Kate Lohnes
    Kathleen Lohnes was an editorial intern at Encyclopaedia Britannica in 2017 and 2018. She received her bachelor’s degree in philosophy and creative writing in 2020 at the University of Iowa.
  • Donald Sommerville

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Article History

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Invalidated site: Warfare History Network - Defending the Pass at the Battle of Thermopylae. Sep 04, 2026
Add new Web site: Heritage History - The Battle of Thermopylae. Apr 17, 2026
Questions and answers added. Mar 21, 2025
Add new Web site: Brigham Young University - ScholarArchive - The Battle of Thermopylae: Principles of War on the Ancient Battlefield (PDF). Mar 21, 2025
Add new Web site: History Today - The Puzzles of Thermopylae. Feb 07, 2025
Add new Web site: Union Digital Works - Accurately Simulating the Battle of Thermopylae to Analyze �What-If� Scenarios. Sep 17, 2024
Add new Web site: Weapons and Warfare - Thermopylae. Apr 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Brigham Young University - ScholarsArchive - The Battle of Thermopylae: Principles of War on the Ancient Battlefield (PDF). Dec 26, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - The Battle of Thermopylae. Aug 08, 2023
Add new Web site: Reed College - Thermopylae. Jun 29, 2023
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Battle of Thermopylae. May 16, 2023
Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - Defending the Pass at the Battle of Thermopylae. Feb 01, 2023
Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - King Leonidas of Sparta and the Epic Battle of the 300 at Thermopylae. Nov 02, 2022
Add new Web site: Livius - Thermopylae (480 BCE). Aug 29, 2022
Article thoroughly revised. Jun 05, 2018
Add new Web site: The History Files - The Battle of Thermopylae. Feb 21, 2018
Add new Web site: Military History Encyclopedia on the Web - Battle of Thermopylae, August 480 BC. Jan 30, 2018
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Thermopylae: How the Spartans Saved the Constitution, Capitalism and Chick-fil-A. Dec 20, 2017
New article added. Apr 01, 2009
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