Following the death of King Darius I of Persia his son Prince Xerxes has took up the throne. Xerxes plans to invade Greece again. This time King Xerxes sends an army and navy to invade Greece. He has brought with him the deadliest fighting force in all of Asia the immortals hands as strong as steel, feet as fast as lightning, deadly, elite, ruthless, killers, assassins, devils, demons came all the way from Persia to burn Athens. The Persians came to Thermopylae (Hot Gates) the narrow pass to burn Athens. Only one fighting force stands in their way the 300 Spartans led by King Leonidas himself.
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Greco-Persian Wars Episode 2: Thermopylae
Non-FictionIt is 10 years later 480 BC King Darius is dead but the Persians have not given up yet. The king's ambitious son Prince Xerxes plans to conquer Greece again. He gathers an army and navy to invade different from the way his father Darius attacked the...