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Battle of Thermopylae: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date 480 BCE
Location Greece • Thermopylae
Participants ancient Greek civilization • Persia
Context Greco-Persian Wars

Photos

David, Jacques-Louis: Leonidas at Thermopylae
Jacques-Louis David: Leonidas at Thermopylae
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Timeline

Battle of Marathon
Battle of Marathon
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David, Jacques-Louis: Leonidas at Thermopylae
Battle of Thermopylae
480 BCE
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Battle of Artemisium
480 BCE
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Battle of Salamis
480 BCE
Black and white illustration of heavily armored Spartan soldiers with shields and spears fighting in close combat at the Battle of Plataea, with fallen warriors on the ground.
Battle of Plataea
479 BCE

Key People

Bas-relief detail of Xerxes I wearing a robe and crown, holding a flower, from the north courtyard of the treasury at Persepolis, now in the Archaeological Museum in Tehran.
Xerxes I
king of Persia
Jacques-Louis David: Leonidas at Thermopylae
Leonidas
king of Sparta

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