Leonidas

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Leonidas I (/liˈənaɪdəs, -dæs/; Greek: Λεωνίδας, Leōnídas; born c. 540 BC; died 11 August 480 BC) was king of the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. He was the son of king Anaxandridas II and the 17th king of the Agiad dynasty, a Spartan royal house which claimed descent from the mythical demigod Heracles. Leonidas I ascended to the throne in c. 489 BC, succeeding his half-brother king Cleomenes I. He ruled jointly along with king Leotychidas until his death in 480 BC, when he was succeeded by his son, Pleistarchus. At the Second Greco-Persian War, Leonidas led the allied Greek forces in a last stand at the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC), attempting to defend the pass from the invading Persian army, and was killed early during the third and last day of the battle. Leonidas entered myth as a hero and the leader of the 300 Spartans who died in battle at Thermopylae. While the Greeks lost this battle, they were able to expel the Persian invaders in the following year.

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300 Spartans and 700 Thespians held the line when it had to be done. That is why they will be timeless, why their names will forever live.

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Amazing bro Big UP

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Wow, epic. ❤

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leonidas entered the books of history as one of the greatest leaders of all time he wasn't a strategist but he was a warrior who fought for a purpose with pride and desire that purpose was protecting his homeland of hellas till this day he and his men left a pride to the people of greece he is a true hero with the soul and spirit of a warrior may the spears of hellas guard his soul