Discussion Response I found the reading by Herodotus that described the Battle of Thermopylae during The Persian Wars in great detail, and the subsequent movie 300, was extremely interesting, as well as enlightening. The battle took place in several stages on mainland Greece, utilizing ground forces, as well as a naval fleet under the command of King Xerxes. The Persians and their allies were attempting to conquer mainland Greece, arguably for personal reasons to King Xerxes; however, they failed to successfully take control of the Greek city states [1]. While the Greek City states were normally independent and autonomous from each other, the increasing Persian threat, and the subsequent invasion of mainland Greece, the city states formed
