![]() ![]() They didn’t all die either, two of them were absent from the final battle (one had an eye injury, the other was delivering a message). ![]() Yet despite the widespread acknowledgement of the occasion, there is a lot about the Battle of Thermopylae that is often misrepresented or misunderstood.įor a start, there were 301 Spartans at the battle (300 Spartans plus King Leonidas). In Greece, the occasion has been commemorated with a new set of stamps and coins (all very official). Listen Now Thermopylae todayĢ020 marks the 2,500th anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BCE (technically it is the 2,499th). ![]() We're joined by Paul Cartledge, a professor from the University of Cambridge and one of the world's leading experts on ancient Sparta, to sort the fact from the fiction about this iconic clash. King Leonidas, his 300 (or so) Spartans and their Hellenic allies fought off against King Xerxes' mighty Persian army for three days. 2,499 years ago one of the most famous battles in antiquity, indeed one of the most famous battles in history, was fought at the Pass of Thermopylae in central Greece. ![]()
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