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    How much do you know about Classical Greece?

    Which land battle of the Persian Wars saw 300 Spartans defend a narrow pass against a much larger Persian army?

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    Battle of Marathon
    Battle of Salamis
    Battle of Plataea
    Battle of ThermopylaeCorrect

    The Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC) is a famous episode of the Persian Wars where the Spartan king Leonidas and a small contingent of Greeks heroically resisted the Persians of Xerxes I.