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RT Ancient History Hub (@AncientHistorry)Everyone knows about the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae.Almost nothing they know is the full story.Start with the number. There weren't 300 Greeks at that pass. There were around 7,000. Spartans, Thespians, Thebans, Phocians, Locrians, Arcadians, Corinthians. Citizen-soldiers from across Greece who marched north knowing they'd be facing the largest army the ancient world had ever assembled.The 300 is just the headline. The ones who stayed to the end.Now the men themselv ...