Here lies the actual battlefield of Thermopylae, where flowers still persist, over which the enormously big Persian army of one million seven thousand Persian men with all their military equipment had to pass
For two days the Spartans held a line against them – only a few dozen yards long, between the steep hillside and the sea. Constricting the battlefield, they prevented the Persians from using the vastness of their army and its resources and imposed heavy casualties.
As the battle grew fierce, here was the only area where the Spartans could build two walls where they blocked themselves inside.
Here was the last stand of their resistance, the last people who were killed, were killed here.
At the top of the hill lies the plain (the flat area). This was formerly the sea.
The hill was the peninsula, connected with another hill with a little valley. There was a pass that came from the north at the foot of the mountain. The pass entered the valley, which is now the road. The Spartans blocked the road which was a little deeper than where we see it today. So, this is a real place and this is the topography of the Battle of Thermopolae. On this battlefield the Spartans fought to the death.
Here lies the Spartan grave which marks their announcement to the people of the area of the Spartans.
“Hey you stranger, announce to the people of Laconia (Laconice (Λακωνική) that we are here, buried, persuaded to their words – their law.”
There was also another stand, defense, built a little bit further, closer to the springs but it was lost since the people who were coming from the mountain retreated there.
Here is the creek and The Spring of Thermopylae.
