In order to buy time for the rest of the country to rally its armies, a force of 300 Spartans, accompanied by a number of allies from other city states including Arcadia, Thebes, and Corinth, travelled to a far-flung corner of Greece known as Thermopylae to stall the invaders for as long as possible.ĭespite the overwhelming odds, the Spartans and their allies were able to hold off the Persian forces for over three days before they were finally overwhelmed. In 480 BC, the Persian empire descended upon Greece with the largest force the world had ever seen.
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