Battle of Thermopylae

When

6 Aug 480 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

38.80° N, 22.54° E

Description

battle of 480 BCE during Persian invasion of Greece

480 BC engagement of the Greco-Persian Wars

The Battle of Thermopylae was fought in 480 BC at Thermopylae between the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Xerxes and an alliance of Greek city-states led by Sparta under Leonidas I. Lasting over the course of three days, it was one of the most prominent battles of both the second Persian invasion of Greece and the wider Greco-Persian Wars.‎

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “August 20 or September 8-10 – The Battle of Thermopylae ends in victory for the Persians under Xerxes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Antik Yunanlar ile Persler arasında Thermopylae Muharebesi yapıldı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille des Thermopyles”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Фермопильское сражение, одновременно битва на море у мыса Артемисий”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Comienza la II Guerra Médica”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة ترموبيل”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “8月，溫泉關戰役，波斯王澤克西斯一世親率陸軍 30 萬及戰艦 1000 艘再度進兵希臘。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “テルモピュライの戦い（ペルシアの勝利。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Second Persian invasion of Greece480 BCE · War