The Battle of Thermopylae Flashcards

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Opponents

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Persian army

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number who fought

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300 Spartans against about 100,000 Persian soldiers

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result

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Spartan army could hold back the Persians for a while, but then a traitor showed the Persians a path through the mountains around the valley in which they were fighting and all Spartans got slaughtered

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