okay well this is my question.
did the spartans win?
2007-03-09 07:52:12 · 10 answers · asked by CRAZYFACE 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
They won by holding off the Persians for awhile,...their stand put hope and courage into the hearts of the other Greeks, similar to the way the Alamo defenders gave inspiration to their fellow texans...back in the day.
2007-03-09 17:11:44 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 300 Spartans at Thermopylae were wiped out by tens of thousands of Persians.
But the time delay and the huge loses the Spartans inflicted virtually insured the Persians would be stopped by the forces of the Greek city-state confederation.
The Persians really should've taken the day and changed the course of Western history through force of numbers, but willpower, quality of troops, and good strategy carried the day.
2007-03-09 08:39:20 · answer #2 · answered by adphllps 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it somewhat is the 300 Spartans that held the pass. The slender pass of Thermopylae became into held for 3 days against an infinite Persian military via purely 3 hundred Spartans, 299 of which perished
2016-12-18 18:55:43 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how you define winning. They all died, but they did what they went there to do.
When the Persian began their invasion, the Greeks were not ready to fight them. The Spartans bought the rest of Greece time to organize. The Persians lost the war because it took them so long to beat the Spartans. Which was the idea.
2007-03-09 10:21:20 · answer #4 · answered by Terry S 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No they fought well and were betrayed.
The Persians were shown a route through the hills to the rear of the Spartans.
The epic battle gave the rest of the Greek city states to ready their armies to repel the Persians
2007-03-09 14:37:40 · answer #5 · answered by Murray H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, unfortunately, they lost. There were approximately 11,000 troops (300 of them were Spartans) that fought against 2.7 million troops. They amazing thing about the whole thing was that at one point, the larger force retreated from the small one. Supposedly, all 300 Spartans kept their word and died for Greece.
Cheers!
2007-03-09 08:05:45 · answer #6 · answered by krodgibami 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, the short answer is ....yes! They intended not to stop the Persian army, but to delay it, while the main army had time to finish religious celebrations and form up and march out. They succeeded. Greece not only survived, but defeated the Persians.
2007-03-09 08:06:59 · answer #7 · answered by glenn 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Incorrect.
Greek army:
300 Spartans
700 Thespians
6,000 other Greek allies
Persian army:
200,000-2,000,000 (estimates vary)
Date-----August 11, 480 BC
Location-----Thermopylae, Greece
Result ------------Persian victory
2007-03-09 12:20:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Spartans were all killed. If this is the case, did they win or lose?
2007-03-09 07:55:52 · answer #9 · answered by NJGuy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no...it was 300 vs. 1 million
2007-03-09 07:55:19 · answer #10 · answered by jcresnick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋