Back Veldslag van Thermopylai Afrikaans Schlacht bei den Thermopylen (Perserkriege) ALS معركة ترموبيل Arabic معركة ثيرموبيلاى ARZ Batalla de les Termópiles AST Fermopil döyüşü Azerbaijani ترموپیل ووروشماسی AZB Фермапільская бітва Byelorussian Тэрмапільская бітва BE-X-OLD Битка при Термопилите Bulgarian
| Battle of Thermopylae | |||||||||
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| Part of the Greco-Persian Wars | |||||||||
 The site of the battle today: the road to the right is built on reclaimed land and approximates the 480 BC shoreline. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Greek city-states | Persian Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Leonidas I †, Demophilus † |
Xerxes I of Persia, Mardonius, Hydarnes | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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Total 5,200+ (Herodotus) 7,400+ (Diodorus) 11,200 (Pausanias) |
Total 2,600,000 (Herodotus)[3] ~800,000 (Ctesias) 70,000–300,000 (modern estimates)b[›] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 1,000 to 4,000 (Herodotus)[3] | ~20,000 (Herodotus)[4] | ||||||||
The Battle of Thermopylae, 480 BC,[5] was a battle in the second Persian invasion of Greece.[6] It was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, led by Sparta, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I. It took place at the pass of Thermopylae.[7] The battle was fought for over three days, at the same time as the naval Battle of Artemisium.[8]
- ↑ John Lemprière, A Classical Dictionary Containing a Copious Account of all the Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors (London: 1863), p. 10
- ↑ Edward Greswell, Origines Kalendariæ Hellenicæ (Oxford, University Press, 1862), p. 374
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Herodotus, with an English translation, ed. A. D. Godley (Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1920) Book VIII, p. 25
- ↑ Herodotus, with an English translation, ed. A. D. Godley (Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1920) Book VIII, p. 24
- ↑ pronounced /θərˈmɒpɨliː/, thər-MOP-i-lee; Greek: Μάχη τῶν Θερμοπυλῶν, Machē tōn Thermopylōn
- ↑ Iggulden, Hal; Iggulden, Conn (2007). "Famous Battles – Part One: 1. Thermopylae 480 BC". The Dangerous Book for Boys. New York: HarperCollins. pp. 53–54. ISBN 978-0061243585.
- ↑ means 'The Hot Gates'
- ↑ Herodotus; Robin Waterfield; Carolyn Dewald The Histories (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2008), p. 712