About 8,000.
It was fought to protect the Spartan and Greek homeland from the invading Persian Empire.
Thermopylae
Thermopylae!
Thermopylae.480 BCE.
He was below military age during the Persian War. He fought in the Peloponnesian War.
The Spartans and the Persians
About 8,000.
The leader was called Leoleadre and they fought at Thermopylae
It was fought to protect the Spartan and Greek homeland from the invading Persian Empire.
Thermopylae
Thermopylae was a small delaying action by a force from a dozen Greek city-states designed to force the invading Persians into a sea battle in the adjacent strait. When the sea battle was lost by the Greeks, the Thermopylae force was withdrawn/
Well, they were not apes or dolphins who fought the battle.
As Thermopylai was a mountain pass, it was not in the business of fighting anyone.
Thermopylae!
King Leonidas sent most of his troops to safety. He and several hundred others, however, stayed behind and fought to the death.
5th Century BCE - 480 BCE to be precise, and Thermopylae was not a war but rather a small battle in a 50-year war.