Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. Obviously, this is impossible, but to what extent is it true? Update this section! According to legend, about three hundred vicious Spartan warriors defeated an army two million strong. He was contacted and told that one of his main officers was wounded, and he told surgeons to do everything they could to save him, even though this was not an effective battle tactic.Īlthough this novel is fictional and a work of historical fiction, many accounts of this battle have gone down through history, making historians question how true the story is. He wasn't at the battle, but was notified of everything happening via messenger. The novel is told from the point of view of Xerxes, the profound and mighty Persian King. However, it probably would have been better spending months or even years walking around the pass, if you are familiar with the outcome of the battle. This was a very dangerous option, but it was the only timely route to get into Greece to attack. The 'Gate of Fire' referred to in the title is that of the narrow pass through which the large Persian army would have to cross to get into Greece.

Leading the battle of Thermoplae was about three hundred armed Spartans, who all had sons to preserve their good bloodline should they die honorably in battle. However, when the bigger Persian threat came, they stopped fighting amongst themselves and allied to fight the Persiand. Located in Greece, Sparta was a city-state that wanted nothing to do with Athens. The Spartans were acclaimed for their military prowess, therefore went down in history. In the front of the Greek troops were about three hundred Spartan warriors. Their target? The Persian army, which had about 2 million fighters. Gates of Firedescribes the battle of Thermopylae, in which the allied Greek troops had sent around four thousand Greek infantrymen.

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Gates of fire by steven pressfield