King+Leonidas.

=The battle of Thermopylae= one of two kings, king leonidas handpicked 300 middle aged warriors who all had sons to carry on thier names. king leonidas recieved an oracle that said sparta must either loose a king or see the city fall. on the fith day August 17, 480 B.C xerxes sent his first wave of troops. his toops were repulsed with heavy casualties, so he sent the imortals (an elite set of warriors of the persian army) but they had no more success than the previouse troops xerxes had not antisipated the spartans tactical advantage of themoplylae, the tight quarters of the battlefield shallowed the great numbers of xerxes army. a greek traitor driven by greed and power showed xerxes a hidden path through the mountains that led behind the spartan army which led to the downfall of king leonidas and his 300 warriors.