Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC)
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:battle
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| gptkbp:alliedGreekForces |
gptkb:Phocians
gptkb:Thespians gptkb:Thebans |
| gptkbp:combatant |
gptkb:Achaemenid_Empire
Greek city-states |
| gptkbp:commander |
gptkb:Xerxes_I
Leonidas I |
| gptkbp:date |
480 BC
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| gptkbp:followedBy |
gptkb:Battle_of_Salamis
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| gptkbp:GreekForceSize |
~7,000 at start
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| gptkbp:historicalSource |
Herodotus
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC)
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| gptkbp:inPopularCulture |
various books and artworks
film '300' |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Thermopylae,_Greece
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| gptkbp:memorial |
Leonidas monument at Thermopylae
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| gptkbp:notableFor |
heroic last stand of Spartans
delaying Persian advance |
| gptkbp:numberOfSpartans |
300
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| gptkbp:opposingForceSize |
Persian army estimated 70,000–300,000
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| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:Greco-Persian_Wars
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| gptkbp:precededBy |
gptkb:Battle_of_Artemisium
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| gptkbp:result |
Persian victory
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| gptkbp:significance |
symbol of courage against overwhelming odds
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Thermopylae
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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