![King Leonidas marched from Sparta to defend the narrow pass at Thermopylae against the gargantuan Persian army. He and his men lost their lives in the process. Jacques Louis David painted this highly romantic scene in 1814.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/M310008-crop2-e1703096653145-760x405.png)
Thermopylae
Defending the Pass at the Battle of Thermopylae
by Ludwig Heinrich DyckWhat nation of Asia, did not Xerxes lead against Hellas? —Herodotus
On the Doricus, the vast Thracian plain and beach on the Aegean coast, rose a stronghold. Read more