Ancient Greece - Battle of Thermopylae

Time: 480 BC

Place: Thermopylae, Greece

Details: In 480 BC, the first major battle of the invasion was fought at Thermopylae, where a small rearguard of Greeks, led by three hundred Spartans, held a crucial pass guarding the heart of Greece for several days. As a result, Phocis, Boeotia, and Attica were under Persian control.

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