He was Xerxes
The Persians
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.
The Persians did not have a war with Sparta. They invaded mainland Greece to put an end to their interference in supporting uprisings of Greek cities in Persian-ruled Asia. They were repelled by a coalition of city-states from southern Greece, of which Sparta was but one.
Leonidas I, King of Sparta, is the king who died in a battle protecting Sparta from the Persian War.
The King of Sparta was Helen's husband, Menelaus.
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Menelaus was the king of Sparta in Greece. He was the husband of Helen whose abduction by Prince Paris of Troy was the cause of the Trojan War.
The Persians would have won if Sparta and Athens had not united to fight the Persian Army
Menelaus.
They formed an alliance because they wanted to rebel against the Persians. Athens had all the brains and Sparta had all the war like abilities. Athens needed someone that was good in war. Even though Athens had a strong army it was still too small to over ride the Persian Empire. The Persians were a common enemy for Athens and Sparta. They both had something in common; liking the Persians. So the more people Athens had in their army the more likely it is for Athens to win. In the end Athens does win the war against the Persians but there are many more wars the Athenians and the Persians have had against each other.
sparta,athens and other city states united against a common foe-the persians. were able to keep the persians from conquering the greeks.
They were leaders the Persian Empire. Darius was the father of Xerxes. Darius led the Persians in the first Persian war, while Xerxes led the Persians in the second Persian war.