1st Persian Invasion (492-490)
Actor Steve Reeves as Phillipides in the Battle of Marathon (490 BC)
2nd Persian Invasion (480-479)
Spartan King Leonidas and a force of 300 Spartans fight the Persians (under King Xerxes) at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.
2nd Persian Invasion (480-479)
Greeks stand against the Persians at Thermopylae
2nd Persian Invasion (480-479)
Greek battles of Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis