Scouts said the defenders had built a wall but were few in number. Xerxes assumed they would leave, but after four days the Persian emperor ordered an attack which three hundred Greeks quickly repulsed. The Greek commander ha
Scouts said the defenders had built a wall but were few in number. Xerxes assumed they would leave, but after four days the Persian emperor ordered an attack which three hundred Greeks quickly repulsed. The Greek commander had chosenhis soldiers carefully. Each was a veteran with at least one son to carry on the family name. Eventually, local traitors showed the Persians a way to surround the Greeks. Leonidas, the Greek commander dismissed most of his men so that Spartans would receive all the upcoming glory. FTP, name this 480 BC battle in which Spartans defended a mountain pass to the death against the Persians.
Scouts said the defenders had built a wall but were few in number.
{Thermopylae}