 battle_of_thermopylae |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (military,Greek antiquity) a famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece | |
| Synonyms: | Thermopylae | |
| Related terms: | pitched_battle Greece Greece | |
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battle_of_the_Somme battle_of_the_Marne Battle_of_the_Bulge battle_of_the_Aisne battle_of_Cynoscephalae battle_of_the_Coral_Sea battle_of_Waterloo battle_of_Marathon battle_of_trasimeno battle_of_Trafalgar battle_of_Hohenlinden battle_of_Solferino battle_of_tewkesbury battle_of_Tannenberg battle_of_Bunker_Hill battle_of_Wake_Island battle_of_Caporetto battle_of_Rossbach battle_of_Poitiers battle_of_Omdurman battle_of_Navarino battle_of_monmouth battle_of_Sempatch battle_of_Langside battle_of_St_Mihiel battle_of_Fontenoy battle_of_Chattanooga battle_of_Marston_Moor battle_of_Saratoga |
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