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Thermopylae
The Battle of Thermopylae is an incredible Battle fought between the Persians and the Greeks. The battle took place in about 480 bc.The battle lasted 3 days. The battle was fought on Greek soil at the thermopylae pass. The Greek force of around 7,000 fought the Persian force of about 250,000. King Xerxes of Persia lead the Persian force to Greece to avenge the burning of the Persian capital during the Ionian revoltby destroying Athens. King Leonidas led the Greek force he and his men held the pass for three days stealing time for the Athenians to escape in boats to an island off the cost of Athens. Leonidas gets to much of the glory as General/politicion Thermisticles thought of the battle strategy used by the greeks and he led the Greeks navy against the Persians. Without the navy the the Greeks would have lost on the first day of fighting.

Day 1
On day one the Persian King Xerxes sent a messenger to ask the Greeks to lay down their weapons and surrender. Of course the Greeks said "no". There's a famous quote that the Persian messenger said "our arrows will block out the sun" and one of Leonidas's generals responded "Then we shall fight in the shade" King Xerxes was furious and sent 10,000 light infantry running right at them. The Greeks were in a wedge formation so they held fast as the Persian light infantry crashed into them. At the end of