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Battle of Thermopylae

-480 Zentralgriechenland Engpassverteidigung

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Léonidas aux Thermopyles (Jacques-Louis David)

Léonidas aux Thermopyles (Jacques-Louis David)

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2 Euro Griechenland - 2500 Jahre Schlacht bei Thermopylen

2 Euro Griechenland - 2500 Jahre Schlacht bei Thermopylen

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2 Euro Sondermünze Griechenland 2020 - 2500 Jahre Schlacht bei Thermopylen

2 Euro Sondermünze Griechenland 2020 - 2500 Jahre Schlacht bei Thermopylen

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2020 Greece Commemorative 2 Euro Coin "2500th Anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae"

2020 Greece Commemorative 2 Euro Coin "2500th Anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae"

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Batalla de Termópilas, año 480 a.C. Rojo: persas. Azul: griegos. Se realizó un zoom en la zona de combate y se establecieron bloques cronológicos (utilizando photopaint), respetando las anotaciones originales

Batalla de Termópilas, año 480 a.C. Rojo: persas. Azul: griegos. Se realizó un zoom en la zona de combate y se establecieron bloques cronológicos (utilizando photopaint), respetando las anotaciones originales

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Battle of Thermopylae Spartans and Persians

Battle of Thermopylae Spartans and Persians

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Exèrcit persa en la batalla de les Termòpiles

Exèrcit persa en la batalla de les Termòpiles

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Artist impression of a Persian Immortal from the early period of the Achaemenid Empire.

Artist impression of a Persian Immortal from the early period of the Achaemenid Empire.

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Own photo Sofie Debognies April 2005. The inscription mentions the words of the poet Simonides: Ω ΞΕΙΝ', ΑΓΓΕΛΛΕΙΝ ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΟΙΣ ΟΤΙ ΤΗΔΕΚΕΙΜΕΘΑ ΤΟΙΣ ΚΕΙΝΩΝ ΡΗΜΑΣΙ ΠΕΙΘΟΜΕΝΟΙStranger, announce to the Spartans that hereWe lie, having fulfilled their orders.

Own photo Sofie Debognies April 2005. The inscription mentions the words of the poet Simonides: Ω ΞΕΙΝ', ΑΓΓΕΛΛΕΙΝ ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΟΙΣ ΟΤΙ ΤΗΔΕΚΕΙΜΕΘΑ ΤΟΙΣ ΚΕΙΝΩΝ ΡΗΜΑΣΙ ΠΕΙΘΟΜΕΝΟΙStranger, announce to the Spartans that hereWe lie, having fulfilled their orders.

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Seven iron arrowheads and spearheads were found in the Koinos hill, where the last defenders of the Thermopyles fell, slain by the arrows of the enermy.

Seven iron arrowheads and spearheads were found in the Koinos hill, where the last defenders of the Thermopyles fell, slain by the arrows of the enermy.

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Leonidas and his companions devoting themselves to death

Leonidas and his companions devoting themselves to death

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Scheme of the Battle of Thermopylae

Scheme of the Battle of Thermopylae

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Pass of the Thermopylae

Pass of the Thermopylae

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Jean Jacques Barthélemy. Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce, vers le milieu du quatrième siècle avant l’ère vulgaire. – Atlas, Paris, Abel Ledoux fils, 1832.

Jean Jacques Barthélemy. Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce, vers le milieu du quatrième siècle avant l’ère vulgaire. – Atlas, Paris, Abel Ledoux fils, 1832.

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Scene of the Battle of the Thermopylae

Scene of the Battle of the Thermopylae

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The same drawing entitled "Retreat of the Athenians from Syracuse"The Battle of Thermopylae engraving

The same drawing entitled "Retreat of the Athenians from Syracuse"The Battle of Thermopylae engraving

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Hoplites of Ancient Greece (in modern Greece) in a 5th century B.C. portrayal of a hoplites advancing.

Hoplites of Ancient Greece (in modern Greece) in a 5th century B.C. portrayal of a hoplites advancing.

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Representaçao artistica da batalha das termopilas,, desenhado em photoshop

Representaçao artistica da batalha das termopilas,, desenhado em photoshop

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Memorial epitaph of 300 Spartans who died in battle of Thermopylae: Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie.

Memorial epitaph of 300 Spartans who died in battle of Thermopylae: Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie.

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Thermopylae, arrowheads

Thermopylae, arrowheads

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Edward Daniel Clarke. Travels in various countries of Europe Asia and Africa. Part the First Russia Tartary and Turkey (1810). Part the Second Greece Egypt and the Holy Land (1813). 2nd edition (1824). London, R. Watts for Cadell and Davies

Edward Daniel Clarke. Travels in various countries of Europe Asia and Africa. Part the First Russia Tartary and Turkey (1810). Part the Second Greece Egypt and the Holy Land (1813). 2nd edition (1824). London, R. Watts for Cadell and Davies

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Vorzeit und Gegenwart : eine historische Lese-Gabe zur Unterhaltung und Belehrung für alle Stände ; 2. 1832

Vorzeit und Gegenwart : eine historische Lese-Gabe zur Unterhaltung und Belehrung für alle Stände ; 2. 1832

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Historical Overview

Legendary defensive struggle of 300 Spartans and their allies in a narrow pass against the Persian million-man army.

Quick Facts

Outcome:Persian victory by outflanking; moral victory for the Greeks.

Greek Alliance

  • Commander: Leonidas I.
  • Strength: ca. 7.000 Mann (inkl. 300 Spartaner)
  • Casualties: Fast vollständig vernichtet

Achaemenid Empire

  • Commander: Xerxes I.
  • Strength: ca. 150.000 - 200.000 Mann
  • Casualties: ca. 20.000 Mann

Strategic Context

Delaying the Persian advance to allow for the evacuation of Athens and the mobilization of the fleet.

Conflict / War

Campaign of Xerxes I

Persian victory by outflanking; moral victory for the Greeks.

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