Thermopylae 480BC, Spartan and Thespaian Hoplites. By Chris Collingwood. (GL) ART211 HMS Magicienne by W Fred

HMS Magicienne by W Fred Mitchell

17th Lancers

as the 'Black Hats'

three Lancasters of 617 Sqn turned their attention to the Eder

Thermopylae 480BC, Spartan and Thespaian Hoplites. By Chris Collingwood. (GL) ART211 HMS Magicienne by W FredDHM1243GL. Thermopylae 480BC, Spartan and Thespaian Hoplites. By Chris Collingwood. So Tell The Spartans, Stranger passing by that here, Obedient to their laws, we lie. In 480 BC the Spartans tried to defend the pass at Thermopylae against the Persians led by Xerxes. The Persian fleet had sailed along the coastline from northern Greece into the Gulf of Malia on the eastern Aegean Sea towards the mountains at Thermopylae. The Greek General and King