300 - Leonidas Makes His Last Stand

This photo depicts the scene of battle at Thermopylae, where the land to the right (today) would have been sea (in 480 BC). The water, in other words, has receded somewhat during the last 2,500 years.

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Credits

Photo by Nathan Gibbs, online courtesy Flickr.

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