How 10,000 Spartans Savagely Avenged the 300: Battle of Plataea

One year after the legendary stand of 300 Spartans at Thermopylae, the Greeks returned for revenge.

In 479 BC, the largest Greek army ever assembled marched to confront the mighty Persian Empire on the plains of Plataea. Among them was Aristodemus, one of the few Spartans who survived Thermopylae and carried the burden of that survival every day.

What followed became one of the most decisive battles in ancient history.

The Persian invasion that had threatened to conquer Greece was crushed, ending years of fear and changing the future of Western civilization forever.

How did the Greeks defeat one of the most powerful empires in the world? And what role did the Spartans play in avenging the fallen warriors of Thermopylae?

This is the story of the Battle of Plataea — the revenge of the 300.

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