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It was a short delaying action in a series of wars and battles that lasted for fifty years, and had no obvious effect on them.

Its significance was it became a symbol of selflessness - the Spartan element of the Greek force stayed behind as a rearguard and died to allow the main Greek force to escape from the pass.

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