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Who is Leonidas?
The Spartan king is
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Who is Xerxes?
The leader of the Persian Army
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What is a narrow pass?
The battle of Thermopylae was what type of area
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What is 2.7 metres?
The length of the original spear of hoplite
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Who is the Master of Deception?
Themistocles is who
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What is 300?
The number of Spartans
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What is the immortals?
The name of Xerxes's elite, 10,000 strong force of highly trained soldiers
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What is a naval battle?
The Battle of Artemisium was what?
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What is the Persian War?
The war that is part of the Battle of Thermopylae
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Who are the Greeks?
Themistocles helped who with an intelligent plan
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Who is Demaratus?
Spartan King who stood beside Xerxes at Thermopylae
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Who is Ephialtes?
the Greek traitor who revealed a secret path to Xerxes so that he could attack the Spartans from the rear
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Who is Dienekes?
When told "Our arrows will be so numerous, they will block out the sun" by a Persian officer, which Spartan soldier replied "So much the better, we will fight in the shade."?
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What is make peace with Xerxes as their king?
The offer Xerxes made Leonidus?
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Who is Themistocles?
Athens states income of the silver mine was persuaded by who
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Who is The Peloponnesian League?
These Spartans led alliance provided the backbone to Greek resistance against Xerxes' invasion
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What is Head cut off and crucified?
Leonidas's body after the battle?
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Who is Themistocles?
Greek naval commander
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What is the Xiphos?
The hoplites often carried a small, straight blade around 60cm long. What was this called?
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What is for the naval?
The silver states income was used for what?
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What were Marry a good man, and bear good children?
The last words to King Leonidas' wife were
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What are Hellespont & Dardanelles?
In order to get to Greece, Xerxes built two bridges across a certain body of water that, after the battle, was whipped 300 times and had fetters thrown in. What is the name of this infamous body of water?
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What is phalanx or falanx ?
The term for the ancient Greek rectangular mass military formation
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What is the "hot springs"?
The meaning of Thermopylae
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What is 460 B.C.
In what year does Themistocles dies in exile?
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