Historic Battles
Thermopylae, the Hot Gates
480 BC · Thermopylae, Greece
FoundThe prize. The relics of the three hundred
Where. Thermopylae, Greece
Status. Found
Where. Thermopylae, Greece
Status. Found
The account
Three hundred Spartans and their allies held the pass of Thermopylae against a Persian army; the battlefield, its arms and bones, lies beneath the silted plain.
Leads, where the trail points now
- The field is at Thermopylae, Greece, and arms, shot, and relics still come out of the ground there.
- Detecting or digging needs landowner or park permission, and any significant find should be recorded; many battlefields are protected.
- Work the documented account of Thermopylae, the Hot Gates to learn where the fighting, the camps, and the rout actually ran before you look.
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