This spectacular documentary transports us back to 480 BC; we examine the bloody and legendary Battle of Thermopylae. Under the Spartan king Leonidas, a tiny army battled the invading Persians, who were led by Xerxes I. The Persian Empire was determined to avenge the humiliating defeat they had suffered at the Battle of Marathon.
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