6 August 480 BCE · Europe
Battle of Thermopylae
In 480 BCE, at the coastal pass of Thermopylae, a small Greek force including the Spartans under Leonidas held a narrow road against the army of Xerxes of Persia. The stand sits inside the second Persian invasion of Greece.
Commanders
- Leonidas I · Warrior
- Date
- 6 August 480 BCE
- Place
- Thermopylae · Greece
- Region
- Europe