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Anyway 7,000 Greeks would have been more than able to defend a narrow mountain pass against whatever number of lightly armed and morale-lacking Persians.[/b]
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I still think that this story reeks of exaggeration by those "taletellers". The persian army was one of the most (of not THE) deadliest army at the time, considering their numbers and tactical advancements. There was evidence that they were using some early and unsophisticated form of siege engines too (like a trebuchet-like contraption), to hurl chunks of rocks and flaming oil cans at the enemy. That narrow mountain pass could've been turned to a flaming hell with a few precise shots from a things like that, and burn those defending to ashes. Even the movie shows those witch like people throwing sparkling bombs at them. 7000 greeks (if that is correct), would be crushed like a bug by the superior numbers if not else.