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Where did the army of 300 Spartans guarded a narrow pass against the Persians?
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In the battle of marathon how were the Spartans able to hold off such a large Persian army?
The Spartans, alongside other Greeks were able to hold the Persians by fighting in the narrow pass of Thermopylae with the sea on one side and cliffs on the other. They were a…
Narrow mountain pass where the Greeks hoped to stop the invading Persians?
Thermopylai.
What military leader led the Persians into the narrow waters of the strait of Salamis?
Ariamenes.
What was the name of the narrow pass where 9000 Greeks clashed with 150000 Persians?
The pass of Thermopylae.
When Sparta sent soldiers and their king to battle the Persians did the Athens do the same?
No, not at the battle of Thermopylae. The Spartans sent 300 soldiers lead by their king to a narrow passage to postpone the Persian invasion while Athens, Sparta, and numerous other Ancient Greek city-states prepared to go to all out war.
Who beat who in the battle of Thermopylae?
There were two sides. An assembled team of Greek states and the Persians. The Greek states were heavily outnumbered, due to the size of the Persian army and the fact that many Greek states didn't send any armies. The Greeks beat the Persians in the naval battle, forcing them to go through the narrow pass guarded by the states' armies. The armies stood at the pass blocking the Persians. The Persians failed to destroy the blocking army. Eventually a local citizen showed the Persians a path through the mountains. The leader of the army King Leonidas decided to send the bulk of the army away and keep about 1100 men to keep blocking the pass. These men were annihilated, but it was a Pyrrihic victory for the Persians, as they lost more men then they killed. The Persians were later defeated by the Greeks a year after the battle
How many Persians died from the 300 Greeks?
My guess is that you're talking about the Battle of Thermopylae. The Persians lost about 20,000 men, but there weren't "300 Greeks" ... there were 300 Spartans, in a mixed force totaling around 7,000 Greeks in all. They managed to hold off the Persian army for around a week, including two days of actual fighting.When the (much larger) Persian army found a way around the narrow pass to outflank the Greeks, the Spartan general Leonidas and a force of about 300 Spartans (and around 1200 other Greeks from various cities) remained to hold off the Persians while the bulk of the Greek force escaped to warn the cities of Greece that the Persians had taken the pass and were on their way. This rear guard was essentially annihilated on the third day of fighting. All told, the Greeks lost between 2,000 and 4,000 men in the battle.
How did the Persians defeat the Spartans in the battle of thermopylae?
At Thermopylae the Greeks held the only pass through the mountains and shore line,Persian King Xerxes thought,and after several attempts to clear the defending Greeks out and after suffering heavy casualties against the very tough Greek Phalanx he was perplexed on how to proceed next when a Greek informer told Xerxes about a path that went around the Greeks and came down on the other side of the narrow pass,of course he exploited it and eliminated Spartan King Leonidas,his personal body guard of 300 and his Greek allies to the man.Its not known how many Persians were killed at Thermopylae but its believed to be between 10,000 to as many as 20,000 including many of Xerxes' famous Immortals.
What did the Persians do after the battle at Thermopylae?
After defeating the doomed Spartan/Greek rear guard led by the Spartan king Leonidas at the narrow pass of Thermopylae the Persians went on to raid the Greek countryside and burned the Greek City-State of Athens . Afterwards , the Persians returned home .
Why were the Greeks able to uniquly slow the Persian advance at themompoly?
To reach Athens, the Persians wanted to go through a narrow pass called Themopylae. Fortunately for the Athenians, it was guarded by 300 Spartan soldiers who were famous for their strength and courage. They were led by Leonidas, the Spartan King. This way the Greeks were able to slow down the the Persian advance. The Spartan soldiers were killed to the last man.
What is the story of 300 soldiers defending an airstrip against something like 1000 enemies What war and battle was that in?
GuadalcanalThis was a battle in the Pacific Theatre in World War II that involved a small force of Americans defending an airstrip on an island. There were a number of similar incidents throughout WWII. Battle of ThermopylaeIf you are reffering to the battle from which the recent movie 300 was based on that would be the battle of thermopylae. Also, It most certainly was not an "airstrip". It was a narrow mountain pass and it was defended by 300 Spartans and roughly 1500 Greeks. They were attacked by roughly 250000 Persians.
How many Persians were at the battle of theremoplae?
The Persian army was about 180,000 but a much smaller number was engaged as the fighting took place in a narrow pass.
