- Battle of Thermopylae ? a defeat of the Ancient Greek city-states alliance against the Persians
- King Leonidas I ? the king of Sparta who lead the sacrifice of 300 Spartans
- 480–479 BC ? the second Persian invasion of Greece
- Thermopylae ? the narrow coasted pass chosen by the Greeks to block the Persian army
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ (come and take)
attributed to King Leonidas of Sparta
(Crédits photo: Alexandre-Pierre Gaspar)