Spartan soldiers helped save retreating members of the Greek army

At the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BCE, a small Spartan-led force held off the Persian army while much of the Greek army retreated. The Spartans’ stand helped protect the retreating Greeks. Marathon was an earlier Greek victory led by Athens, and the Persian force at Thermopylae numbered far more than three hundred.

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