There were 180,000 Persian infantrymen and cavalrymen in the advancing force. However the narrowness of the pass at Thermopylai meant that only a few thousand infantry were committed at any stage.
Another 120,000 sailors and marines were on the ships in the neargy strait of Artemesion where the main action took place.
About 8,000.
20,000.
It was 480 BCE.
about 20,000 Persians and 4000 Greeks.
It is estimated that there were three-hundred Spartan Hoplites who died in the defense of the pass at Thermopylae .
About 8,000.
battle of thermopylae
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20,000.
It was 480 BCE.
about 20,000 Persians and 4000 Greeks.
It is estimated that there were three-hundred Spartan Hoplites who died in the defense of the pass at Thermopylae .
The answer is of how so few could kill so many.
It is believed that close to 600,000 Americans fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
The battle was fought for 215 days. It was fought on July 1778 - February 1779.
because it is an amazing thing that so few could kill so many.
On the Greek side 8,000. On the Persian side, there were 180,000 in the area, but only a few thousand were engaged at any time.