The Spartans Who SURVIVED Thermopylae

This video covers a lesser known aspect of the Battle of Thermopylae; the Spartans who survived.

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[Seriouslyfunny]

For 480 BCE standards, the pictures clicked of the Spartans are pretty high resolution.

[LabLa-wi]

10.000 Spartans where still in Sparta . Due to the Carnea festival NO SPARTAN WAS PERMITTED TO FIGHT ON THIS DAY. That’s why only Leonidas and his 300 royal guard where permitted

[LabLa-wi]

Spartan Law allows a King and his royal guard to go anywhere. But the other -10 000 where not permitted due to carnea festival. On that day no spartan was allowed to fight. This is why Spartans led the charge along with Athenians at battle of Platea smashing Xerxes army utterly destroying Persias great military

[JOEFABULOUS.]

Better the lowest Helot alive than the greatest warrior in Hades Achilles to Odysseus

[LabLa-wi]

And if you ever go on holiday to Europe, you can go past the site itself.. a message was left etched in stone when they found out they ( 300 ) where betrayed by a Greek showing the Persians a goat path the led behind the spartan position…
The inscription reads..

PASSER BY TELL THEM THIER IN SPARTA THAT HERE WE LAY OBEDIENT TO OUR LAWS

[AbdulhamidMohammed]

Bro aristodemos better than memnon of rhodes