Leonidas I
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Leonidas I | |
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Keeng o Sparta | |
Ring | 489–480 BC |
Predecessor | Cleomenes I |
Successor | Pleistarchus |
Born | c. 540 BC Sparta |
Dee'd | 480 BC (aged aroond 60) Thermopylae |
Consort | Gorgo |
Issue | Pleistarchus |
Greek | Λεωνίδας |
Hoose | Agiad |
Faither | Anaxandridas II |
Mither | Unkent |
Releegion | Greek Polytheism |
Leonidas I (/liːˈɒn.ᵻ.dəs/ lee-ON-i-dəs or /liː.əˈnaɪ.dəs/; Doric: Λεωνίδας [leɔːnídas], [Leōnidas] error: {{lang}}: unrecognised variant: latin (help); Ionic Greek: Λεωνίδης, Leōnidēs; died 480 BC),[1] wis a Greek warrior keeng o the Greek ceety-state o Sparta. He led the Spartan forces during the Seicont Persie War an is remembered for his daith at the Battle o Thermopylae.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Robert Chambers, Book of Days