"Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World"

[hoplite14gr]

Most of these has been duscussed in othet toplics already.
To summarize:
Xerxes did NOT have 5000000!
Herodotus did not accused the Persians as cowards.
Phocian hoplites were a minority in their continent and Asiatic missile troops did the difference!
Leonidas was in command of and "allied" army where other commanders could withdrow.

If you walk on Kallidromo you will see there are only 2 passes with the chance of onlý one available at the time. Leonidas can be accused for improperly guarding the alternate rootes.
In all the battles fought in the area the possition was always compromised from the Kallidromo pass.

Yes the legent palys agood part in the story but what I see here is the difficulty to stomach the fact that some ancients were trained or "indoctrinated", if you like, to stand. In our world we are taught usually the opossite and some modern people simply do not like the comparison and try to lessen what they fail to comperhent.

Kind regards