The Greek force at Thermopylai was not defeated, it was withdrawn. The Spartan and Thespian contingents remained holding the pass to let the other contingents get away and were anihilated.
A few reasons, First, the Greeks had 7,000 men and the Persians had 15,000 Second, the Greeks fought the Persian Immortals which were histories most elite and powerful warriors. Third, the Persians found a route to outflank the Greeks.
The Persians greatest army was The Immortals. There were about 10,000 of them and as soon as one died another Immortal replaced him. They were all specially trained warriors. They also had smaller weaker army that were defeated at Thermopylae. The Greeks and Spartans were defeated though because a Greek spy told the Persians a way around the pass of Thermopylae and the Greeks and Spartans were surrounded.
About 8,000.
They did not, the Persians won; the Greeks were WAAY outnumbered.
Late August 480 BC
It was the Battle of Thermopylae in the Second Persian War. The Greeks won. Shortly after Thermopylae the Athenian Navy defeated the Persian Navy at Salamis, and in the next year the Persian Army was defeated by a combined Greek Army at Plataea.
The Greek force at Thermopylai was not defeated, it was withdrawn. The Spartan and Thespian contingents remained holding the pass to let the other contingents get away and were anihilated.
The small Greek force at Thermopylae was defeated by the Persian army in 480 BCE.
A few reasons, First, the Greeks had 7,000 men and the Persians had 15,000 Second, the Greeks fought the Persian Immortals which were histories most elite and powerful warriors. Third, the Persians found a route to outflank the Greeks.
At Marathon and Salamis, the Greek cities defeated the Persian forces. At Thermopylai the Persian forces defeated the Greek cities.
It was a delaying position holding the pass. When they were withdrawn, the Spartan and Thespian contingents remained behind to let the others get away. It was a noble sacrifice.
The Persians greatest army was The Immortals. There were about 10,000 of them and as soon as one died another Immortal replaced him. They were all specially trained warriors. They also had smaller weaker army that were defeated at Thermopylae. The Greeks and Spartans were defeated though because a Greek spy told the Persians a way around the pass of Thermopylae and the Greeks and Spartans were surrounded.
About 8,000.
They did not, the Persians won; the Greeks were WAAY outnumbered.
The Persians defeated the Greek forces..
The true answer is of course no.