In response a contingent of 300 Spartans and several thousand allies ... It was a suicide mission, designed to detain the Persians just long enough for the rest of the Greek allies to gather ...
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 ...
More than 300 million people in Iran and beyond celebrate the ancient holiday. It’s tied to the spring equinox and has roots in the Persian Empire. Here’s what to know.
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