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Battle of
Thermopylae
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DO NOW: FILL OUT ROW 3 ON YOUR SCALE
TAKE OUT A SCRAP PIECE OF
PAPER AND WRITE THE DEFINITION
FOR THIS WORD:
UNDERDOG
PASS IT FORWARD TO
HAND IN WHEN YOU ARE
DONE
UNDERDOG –
PREDICTED LOSER IN A
STRUGGLE OR CONTEST
THE PERSIANS REGROUP
After
the death of King Darius and
their failure at Marathon, his son, King
Xerxes organized a massive invasion
of the Greek city-states
Xerxes
decided to cross the
Hellespont by making two boat
bridges by roping hundreds of boats
together and nailing wood along the
top
LEONIDAS AND THE SPARTANS
In
480 B.C.E., Xerxes invaded
Greece and Athens and Sparta
decided to join forces as allies to
defeat the Persians
The
plan was that the Athenians
would hold off the Persian navy
while Leonidas and the Spartans
would fend off the Persian ground
troops
THE BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE
 The
Spartans chose to make their stand
at Thermopylae because the Persian
army would have to go through a narrow
pass and their size would count for
nothing against the well trained Spartans
 It
was roughly 7,000 Greeks vs. 180,000
Persians and the Greeks were initially
successful
A
Greek traitor showed the Persians a
mountain pass behind the Spartan forces
and prepared to surround the Spartans
THE BRAVERY OF LEONIDAS
Knowing
that they would
eventually be trapped,
Leonidas ordered most of his
troops to retreat while he and
300 Spartans remained to
keep the Persians at bay
While
all 300 Spartans were
killed, the Greeks would never
forget their bravery
BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE PROFILE WORKSHEET
EXIT TICKET:
WERE THE SPARTANS
VICTORIOUS AT THERMOPYLAE?
WHY OR WHY NOT?