The Battle of Thermopylae (480 BCE) stands as one of antiquity’s most striking examples of strategic resistance in the face of overwhelming force. Confronted by the massive expeditionary army of Xerxes I, the Greek coalition—led militarily by Sparta—chose the narrow pass at Thermopylae to neutralize Persian numerical superiority. For three days, Leonidas and his contingent, including the renowned Spartiates and Thespians, held the pass through disciplined hoplite warfare and intimate knowledge o

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