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Thermopylae

The narrow pass on the east coast of ancient Thessaly between Mount Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia.

When the Persians invaded Greece in 480 BCE a decisive battle was fought at Thermopylae between the Spartans and the Persians in which 4,000 Spartans, led by Leonidas, fought to the death against 310,000 Persians; Thermopylae was also successfully defended by the Athenians against Philip of Makedon (Macedon) in 353 BCE; the name literally means Hot-Gates; in ancient times Thermopylae was a narrow pass but the sea has receded and the now the “gates” are a level plain.

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