The Spartans , along with a Greek coalition of other city-states , were overwhelmed by Persian forces at the pass of Thermopylae : The Battle of Thermopylae .
Sparta's king during the time around the Persian's second invasion of Greece was Leonidas. He was alive from about 540 BC to 480 BC.
A coalition of southern Greek city-states led by Sparta.
He ruled from 488 BC- 480 BC when he died at the Battle of Thermopylae
Thebes, at the battle of Leuctra.
Athens is defeated by Sparta .
The battle of Thermopylae took place between Sparta and Persia in 480 BCE. King Leonidas of Sparta led the troops and died in battle.
They defeated them in a sea battle at Salamis.
Turkey
Athens capitulated in the year 404 BC .
Late August 480 BC
King Xerxes.
Thebes