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The '''Battle of Thermopylae''' was a famous [[battle]] during the [[Greco-Persian Wars]], fought in northwestern [[Greece]]. It is known for the fact that 300 [[Sparta|Spartan]] n soldiers and 3700 other [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] soldiers (most notably the [[Thespiae|Thespians]]) held off an army of several hundred thousand [[Persia|Persian]] n soldiers (led by [[Xerxes]]) for three days, therefore giving the rest of Greece time to group and prepare to the south. It was considered to be a defining moment in the war.
== Greek/Persian ==
The battle of Thermopylae was considered to be a key battle in preventing the overrunning of Western civilization by Eastern invaders.
A movie was made about this battle in 2007 named "300". However, the movie was based upon the highly-stylized graphic novel by Frank Miller and so mixes historical fact with historical fiction. <ref>http://www.townhall.com/columnists/VictorDavisHanson/2007/03/22/300_fact_or_fiction</ref>
== See also ==
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== Source Sources ==
Cartledge, Paul, Thermopylae; the Battle that Changed the World, Overlook Press, New York, 2006
