In one of the greatest, yet now forgotten, small-unit engagements in American history, several hundred Marylanders made an epic stand resembling that of the 300 ancient Spartans at Thermopylae.

The Peloponnesian War in which Athens fought Sparta began ... Each year the ephors, or magistrates, chose the 300 best hoplites in Sparta to become the hippeis—elite soldiers who formed the ...

The doomed stand of 300 Spartan warriors against the Persian ... Unlike other Greeks, who only took up the spear when their ...

Ancient Greece witnessed numerous significant battles that played pivotal roles in shaping its history and Western civilization.

MOTORHOMES - Prices include air conditioner, awning, microwave, TV and hitch. Add $1500 to Intruder models equipped with a Deluxe or XL package. For information after 2011, please see Thor Motor Coach ...

In addition to what is standard, models include the Advantage Package, rear patio with awning and 5.5Kw generator. 300 series models include the Advantage Package and 5.5Kw generator. Only select ...

Pheidippides’ “Marathon Run” was much more than 26 miles (42km) But the version which has Pheidippides traveling more than 300 miles asking for help from the Spartans after which ... on the ...

300 is a retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae in the Greco-Persian Wars. The plot follows the king of Sparta, Leonidas (portrayed by a pitch perfect Gerard Butler), as he leads his badly ...

Coming at the very end of the Persian Wars, the Spartan war king Leonidas and his 300 men held off nearly 100,000 battle hardened Persians for days. As Herodotus described it, scathingly ...

Pop star and "Espresso" singer Sabrina Carpenter attracted thousands of fans to San Francisco's Chase Center and passed the ...

A master project 30 years in the making is underway in La Crosse, with multiple developers leading a $300 million build out ...

The organization, which was started by the daughter of a career Marine, launched a Battle Buddy Call Center last year to serve veterans nationwide.