jan 1, 480 BC - Battle of Thermopylae
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Athens and Sparta meet the Persians in a mountain pass where they have the advantage. It was going well for the Greeks until the Persians were showed a back way through the mountains. Sparta offered to hold them off while the others escaped. The Spartans were slaughtered, but the others got away.
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