num_pages: 112
description: A moving biography, this book details the life of Leonidas, the Spartan king who sacrificed himself and his personal bodyguard of 300 men in 480 BC to delay the invasion of the Persian army under King Xerxes and to convince the Greeks that they could unite and drive out the invaders.
language: English
title: Leonidas: Hero of Thermopylae
titlecomplete: Leonidas: Hero of Thermopylae (Leaders of Ancient Greece #3)
ratings_count: 7
publisher: Rosen Central