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Two days. The third day of the battle can perhaps be counted as well, although by then the Persians had been shown a way around, the Spartans remained to block the pass at Thermopylae until they were destroyed.
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How long did the Greeks hold off the Persians?
It took two days to hold them off
How were Spartans able to hold off a large Persian army?
Persians were way bigger than. Greek soldier and had better tools
What battle did 7000 Greeks including 300 Spartans hold off the Persians for 3 days?
The battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.
How were Spartans able to hold off such a large Persian army?
Persians were way bigger than. Greek soldier and had better tools
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…
What militaristic culture was locate on Pelopnnesus peninsula that held off Persians at Thermopylae?
Notably , the Spartans .
Were the Persians eventually able to fight off the Spartans?
The Persians invaded mainland Greece and faced a combined fleet and army of some Greek city-states, including Sparta. The Persians were defeated at sea and on land.
What wars were the Spartans involved in?
The Spartans were involved in the Persian Wars, particularly the battle of Thermopylae (where 300 Spartans famously held off the Persians), the Peloponnesian War (against the Athenians), and other minor skirmishes with neighboring city states, which usually ended with the Spartans conquering the other city state.
What was the name of the war the Spartans fought the Persians?
The Spartans combined with the other southern Greek states to repel a Persian invasion designed to incorporate mainland Greece within the Persian empire in 480-479 BCE.It is often called today the Persian War, however the Greeks fought the Persians off and on over two hundred years.
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 much is true about the last 300 in greek mythology?
The 300 were a bunch of Spartans who occupied the thin peninsula that led to Athens and held off the Persian invasion. Eventually, the Persians found a way to encircle the Spartans and surrounded them. They managed to kill them, but only after losing tens of thousands of their own men. The Persians retereated after that because they had suffered to many casualties and the greek navy was guarding Athens.
When did the Spartans and Athenians join forces?
To fight off the invading Persians. This happened twice once under Darius I 492-490 BC again under Xerxes in 480 479BC,
