Epic Historical Orchestral Score - THE BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE, 300 GREEKS AGAINST MILLIONS OF PERSIANS - Film Music.Demetrios Katis, an EMI's PLATINUM AWARDED COMPOSER.

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In 480 BC, a huge Persian army, led by the inimitable King Xerxes, entered the mountain pass of Thermopylae as it marched on Greece, intending to conquer the land with little difficulty. But the Greeks—led by King Leonidas and a small army of Spartans—took the battle to the Persians at Thermopylae, and halted their advance—almost.

It is one of history’s most acclaimed battles, one of civilization’s greatest last stands.The repercussions have bearing on us even today. The invasion of Europe by Xerxes and his army redefined culture, kingdom, and class. The valiant efforts of a few thousand Greek warriors, facing a huge onrushing Persian army at the narrow pass at Thermopylae, changed the way generations to come would think about combat, courage, and death.

The battle of Thermopylae was at its broadest a clash of civilizations; one that momentously helped shape the identity of classical Greece and hence the nature of our own cultural heritage.

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