Where is Thermopylae today?

Thermopylae, Modern Greek Thermopýles, also spelled Thermopílai, narrow pass on the east coast of central Greece between the Kallídhromon massif and the Gulf of Maliakós, about 85 miles (136 km) northwest of Athens (Athína).

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What happened to Xerxes?

After his failure in Greece, Xerxes I started a lavish construction program in Persepolis at great expense to his subjects. He built a new palace and began work on the monumental Hall of a Hundred Columns. He was assassinated by his courtiers in 465 BCE, before it was completed. When was Persepolis destroyed?

In May 330 B.C., a little over a month before Alexander the Great went after the escaped, last, Great King of the Achaemenid Persians (Darius III), he burned the king's palaces at Persepolis for reasons we will never know for sure.

How does Sparta fall?

Spartan political independence was put to an end when it was eventually forced into the Achaean League after its defeat in the decisive Laconian War by a coalition of other Greek city-states and Rome, and the resultant overthrow of its final king Nabis, in 192 BC. Was the Battle of Thermopylae real? The Battle of Thermopylae (/θərˈmɒpɪliː/ thər-MOP-i-lee; Greek: Μάχη τῶν Θερμοπυλῶν, Máchē tōn Thermopylōn) was fought between an alliance of Ancient Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas I of Sparta, and the Achaemenid Empire of Xerxes I. It was fought in 480 BC over the course of three days, during the second

Are Spartan 3 better than 2?

(S259 Carter was 11 when he underwent the procedure) The Spartan III's had less severe augmentations, mostly gene therapies that made them far stronger and faster then normal. However, they lacked the mechanical augmentations of the II's. What is Sparta called now? Sparta, also known as Lacedaemon, was an ancient Greek city-state located primarily in the present-day region of southern Greece called Laconia.

What did the Spartans look like?

There were at least 91 centimeters in diameter. About two to four centimetres thick and weighed about seven to eight kilograms. Did Xerxes really think he was a god? Most of the time he is consumed with his lust for vengeance against the Athenians, due to the part they played in slaying his father Darius. He holds the Greeks in obvious revulsion, yet he declared that he was impressed by the might of the Spartans. "He is a god".

Who was Xerxes wife?

Persian queen

Amestris
Queen consort of the Achaemenid Empire
Spouse	Xerxes I of Persia
Issue	Darius Hystaspes Artaxerxes I of Persia Amytis Rhodogyne
House	Persia