Battle of Thermopylae Timeline Game
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About This Challenge
In this timeline game, players will have the opportunity to test their knowledge and understanding of the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC) by placing events in their correct chronological order.
- Key detail 1: The Battle of Thermopylae took place in 480 BC during the Greco-Persian Wars.
- Key detail 2: The battle was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states led by King Leonidas of Sparta and the Persian Empire led by King Xerxes.
- Key detail 3: The Greeks, vastly outnumbered by the Persian forces, fought bravely to defend the narrow pass of Thermopylae but were ultimately defeated.
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- 480 BC: Persian king Xerxes invades Greece
- August 19, 480 BC: Battle of Thermopylae begins
- August 20-21, 480 BC: 300 Spartans led by King Leonidas hold off Persian forces
- August 22, 480 BC: Ephialtes betrays the Greeks and reveals a mountain path to the Persians
- August 22-23, 480 BC: Spartans make a last stand at the Hot Gates
- August 23, 480 BC: Leonidas is killed in battle
- August 23-24, 480 BC: Persians break through the Greek defenses
- August 24, 480 BC: Remaining Greek forces retreat to the nearby city of Plataea
- September 480 BC: Persians occupy and burn the city of Athens
- September 22, 480 BC: Greek fleet defeats the Persian navy at the Battle of Salamis
- October 1, 480 BC: Persian forces retreat back to Asia Minor
- September 23, 479 BC: Greek forces defeat the Persians at the Battle of Plataea
- 479 BC: Persian invasion of Greece is repelled
- 479 BC: Greek victory at Plataea marks the end of the Persian Wars
- 478 BC: Greeks establish the Delian League to protect against future Persian invasions
- 478 BC: Athens emerges as the leading city-state in Greece
- 477 BC: Sparta and Athens begin to rival each other for dominance in Greece
- 431 BC: Peloponnesian War breaks out between Athens and Sparta
- 404 BC: Sparta emerges victorious in the Peloponnesian War
- 404 BC: End of the Golden Age of Athens