tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post6305159970098070141..comments2024-03-28T03:17:24.930-04:00Comments on VA Viper: August 9th is the anniversary of the battle of ThermopylaeWitt's Endhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04505106934467289492noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-34988899847053342432014-08-12T12:15:04.461-04:002014-08-12T12:15:04.461-04:00Don't give the Thebans credit. They were there...Don't give the Thebans credit. They were there as Spartan hostages since Thebes had gone over to the Persians. See Herodotus, Book 7. Elmer Stouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12101063267035001432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-52157253937833634082014-08-12T11:12:03.763-04:002014-08-12T11:12:03.763-04:00Oops, not Monday, Saturday.
Oops, not Monday, Saturday.<br />AuH2ORepublicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16333129557382609522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-31619684890554502222014-08-12T11:11:18.172-04:002014-08-12T11:11:18.172-04:00"Tomorrow is the 2,494th anniversary of the b..."Tomorrow is the 2,494th anniversary of the battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C."<br /><br />There was no year 0--the calendar went from 1 B.C. to A.D. 1--so, unless my math fails me, Monday actually was the 2,493rd anniversary of the battle.<br /><br />And as for the size of Xerxes's army, it probably wasn't as high as half a million, but it certainly was a huge number.AuH2ORepublicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16333129557382609522noreply@blogger.com