Something very real did happen 25 centuries ago in a narrow pass on Greece’s northern coast called Thermopylae–the name means “the hot gates.” In August of 480 B.C., a force of about 7,000 Greek soldiers assembled there, including 300 Spartans under the leadership of their king, Leonidas.
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