04-01-2007, 10:18 AM
Quote:The pict are from that documentary...But me watching the modern Thermopylae at Google Earth, it has changed drasticly.... the clift seems to not exist & the path had been widespreaded with new homes living etc.
Gioi, modern sea-levels have dropped considerably in regards to the time of the battle. The actual battle-site is now 5 miles from the coast, and a coastal plain exists where none existed before.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)