In response a contingent of 300 Spartans and several thousand allies were sent to occupy the narrow mountain pass of Thermopylae ... Led by King Leonidas, the Spartans heroically held the Persians ...

The Battle of Salamis was one of the decisive battles of world history, in which the small city-states of ancient Greece joined forces to take on the mighty Persian Empire. After the defeat and death ...

She addressed it to Leonidas before he left for the battle of Thermopylae. This statement emphasized the national duty expected ... By this time, she had married her father’s half-brother and ...