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To stop this invasion the Greeks held counsel and resolved to send a Greek force to Thermopylae. This force consisted of 4,200 Greeks and 300 Spartans, and at its head was Leonidas. [[Thermopylae]] was a very narrow passage being only 50 feet wide. On one side there is a steep cliff face, on the other was a straight drop into the ocean. This was an ideal place for the Greeks to fight for it would make their phalanx more effective, and nullify the Persian's superior numbers.

To stop this invasion the Greeks held counsel and resolved to send a Greek force to Thermopylae. This force consisted of 4,200 Greeks and 300 Spartans, and at its head was Leonidas. [[Thermopylae]] was a very narrow passage being only 50 feet wide. On one side there is a steep cliff face, on the other was a straight drop into the ocean. This was an ideal place for the Greeks to fight for it would make their phalanx more effective, and nullify the Persian's superior numbers.

==See Also==

==See also==

* [[Battle of Thermopylae]]

* [[Battle of Thermopylae]]

* [[Molon Labe!]] - a 21st centurty [[Conservative]] [[Libertarian]] [[fiction]]al "[[Battle of Thermopylae]]" written by [[Boston T. Party]]

* [[Molon Labe!]] - a 21st centurty [[Conservative]] [[Libertarian]] [[fiction]]al "[[Battle of Thermopylae]]" written by [[Boston T. Party]]

* [[Molon labe]] - Slogan for the [[Second Amendment]] [[unalienable rights]] movement - "Come and Take Them!"

* [[Molon labe]] - Slogan for the [[Second Amendment]] [[unalienable rights]] movement - "Come and Take Them!"

==External Links==

==External links==

[http://www.wargames.co.uk/Pending/Archive/May04/phalanx-LDS.jpg Spartan phalanx]

* [http://www.wargames.co.uk/Pending/Archive/May04/phalanx-LDS.jpg Spartan phalanx]