He ruled from 488 BC- 480 BC when he died at the Battle of Thermopylae
By holding the Persians at Thermopalae he delayed them for two days and proved they were not invincible. And by refusing to retreat from Thermopalae when the battle was lost, his sacrifice set an example of courage for the rest of Greece to follow, although militarily it was not the wise thing to do.
9 years
Equality for all Spartan citizens.
They never had such needs
Zeus become the king of the gods after banishing his father, before humans were created, is still the king of the gods now.
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.
By holding the Persians at Thermopalae he delayed them for two days and proved they were not invincible. And by refusing to retreat from Thermopalae when the battle was lost, his sacrifice set an example of courage for the rest of Greece to follow, although militarily it was not the wise thing to do.
Sparta did not rule an empire. Sparta was a Greek city-state.
Forty years.
sparta had two kings. one stayed to rule the city, wall one went out to fight
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67 years
17 years
1380
4 years
Xerxes, the Persian king, demanded that Leonidas and the Greeks surrender and submit to Persian rule, offering them a chance to join his forces in exchange for their safety. He sought their weapons and insisted on their loyalty, aiming to subdue the Greek city-states through intimidation. Leonidas famously refused, choosing instead to fight for Greek freedom and honor, which led to the historic Battle of Thermopylae.
King Tutankhamun died at the age of 19 and he rule Egypt for 10 years.