"Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World"

[Jona Lendering]

Anopaea is narrow

From what I have seen (I did not check all paths), the slopes are usually gentle. I think a military unit could pass on the slopes. But I admit that I have little experience with mountains - a common defect among Dutchmen.

Is it perhaps because most modern people would have chosen the "Theban option"?

Actually, this is insulting to the Thebans. :wink: I think -and this is serious- that Plutarch has made it clear that a Theban unit fought bravely at Thermopylae. Herodotus is indeed biased against Thebes.

Probably, they belonged to a faction that wanted to defend Greece, and did indeed fight; once they were taking captive, the majority of the Thebans was for medizing. A monument to the 400 Thebans, next to the Spartan and Thespian monuments, would be nice.