Leonidas I: The King Who Chose Death for His People! #leonidas #greekhistory #sparta #spartan

MEMES on Instagram: "😭😂 Leonidas was the king of Sparta in ancient Greece, best known for his role in the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. He came from the Agiad dynasty, one of Sparta’s two royal families, and ruled during the time of the Persian Wars. He is most famous for leading a small force of around 300 Spartan soldiers, along with several thousand Greek allies, against the vastly larger Persian army of King Xerxes I. Despite being greatly outnumbered, Leonidas and his men fought fierce