The Persians won the Battle of Thermopylae, led by Xerxes I. But Greece won the war.
The Battle of Thermopylae happened in ancient Greece where 700 men made their final stand against the 300,000 Persians there were 300 hundred Spartans as well as 400 Greek soldiers from other city states.
It is important to note that the Persian Victory came at a very high price. The Thespian and Spartan troops that fought and sacrificed their lives at the Battle of Thermopylae successfully weakened the Persian land forces to such an extent that naval victories like Salamis were able to convince the Persians to retreat.
King Leonidas the 1st led 300 Spartan soldiers and a handful of other warriors from different Greek city-states in the battle of Thermopylae, where King Leonidas and his soldiers died. they did this because it would set back the Persian army, and separate them from the Persian navy, which ultimately won the war.
King Leonidas
300 Spartan armoured warriors who were the bodyguard of King Leodidas, one of the two kings of Sparta, and about 2000 of their supporting light infantry.Most of the remainder of the delaying force at Thermopylai, of about 7000 from other Greek cities, got away safely because the Spartan force stayed back to cover their withdrawal and died selflessly to let them get away.
The king of Sparta Leonidas.
Phillip II of Macadon, led Greek city-states into battle. hope this helps:)
Tirad Pass was in the Philippines in 1899 CE, over two thousand years after the Spartans had passed into history. It was known as the 'Philippines Thermopylae', which may have led to the confusion.
King Leonidas
A coalition of Greek cities led by Sparta.
There were a dozen city-states involved in the battle, one of which was a contingent from Sparta led by their king Leonidas.
The invading Persian army and a consortium of southern Greek city-states led by Sparta.
A small force from Greek city-states led by Spartan King Leonidas fought the Persians .
The Persian army versus contingents from southern Greek cities.
The battle of Thermopylae was fought between Greek mainland cities led by Sparta and a Persian invading army. If you have ever seen the movie 300 that's what it is. But there were also about 5,000 non-Spartan troops with the Spartans.
There was a coalition of Greek forces numbering about 4000 at Thermopylae. The coalition was led by King Leonidas and 300 Spartans.
After defeating the doomed Spartan/Greek rear guard led by the Spartan king Leonidas at the narrow pass of Thermopylae the Persians went on to raid the Greek countryside and burned the Greek City-State of Athens . Afterwards , the Persians returned home .
It was prepared for war to defend itself and contribute to and lead the Greek effort by sea and land to oppose the Persian invasion. Thermopylae was a holding operation to force a sea battle in the hope of destroying the Persian navy which threatened the Greek cities. The failure of this plan led to a subsequent sea battle at Salamis which succeeded. Sparta then led the coup de grace in the land battle at Plataia.
Their king, Xerxes I.
Leonidas I was the land commander. Themistocles led the navy