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The battle of thermopylae was a battle that let to the fall of Rome. This final battle is where the Persians defeated the Greeks and broke through the walls of Greece. This battle was a major key part in the persian empire's success because if they had the most powerful city, nothing else could stop them.

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The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between the Persian Empire led by Xerxes and the greatly outnumbered Greeks led by Leonidas.

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Xerxes, sometimes called Xerxes the Great was born to Darius I and Atossa. He succeeded his father in power when he was 36 years old. He had Great success as the leader of Persia and died in August of 465 BC.

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King Leonidas was born in 540 BC in Sparta, Greece. He was born into a family of warriors and trained from a young age. He had one wife and one kid. He Died on August 11, 580 BC while fighting in the war. He is now buried in Greece and statues of him are still placed in the city.

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Xerxes led his Persian Army of over 100,000 soldiers on a mission to conquer all of Greece.

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King Leonidas led his 7,000 Greek troops to the pass of Thermopylae to attempt to stop the Persian advance, this was a last ditch effort to stop them before they got to the Greek city-states. The Greeks held off the Persians for 7 days. This is one of the best last stands in the history of war.

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After 7 days a traitor of the Greeks told Xerxes and his troops about a mountainous path that led around the line of Greeks. So they went around the Greeks and ambushed them from behind ending the Battle of Thermopylae

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Despite the greatly outnumbered Greeks, they all fought with heart and pride. At the end of the day, If the Spartans died, they were okay with it because they believed it was an honor to die on the battlefield.

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Immortals were members of the Persian army who were chosen as the best warriors. Xerxes sent some of his immortals to fight the Greeks during the war but even they could not break through the wall of Greeks.

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This is a revised page from a book that Herodotus wrote during the 450's. He is talking about how the Persians outnumber the Greeks.