It took place simultaneously with the naval battle at Artemisium, in August or September 480 BC, at the narrow coastal pass of Thermopylae, or the Hot Gates. The Persian invasion was a delayed ...

In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in ...

In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in ...

A remarkable set of earthworks at Kilwarlin Moravian Church was laid out as a tribute to the Greek heroes of the Battle of Thermopylae. The landscaping project was carried out in the 1840s by the ...