What defensive structure did the Greeks fight in front of at Thermopylae?
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Phocian wall
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What defensive structure did the Greeks fight in front of at Thermopylae?
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Phocian wall
What Greek formation could block the narrow Thermopylae pass with ease?
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Hoplite phalanx
Which Persian commander stayed in Greece after Xerxes withdrew to Asia?
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Mardonius
Who was Xerxes I's father, whose earlier invasion ended at Marathon?
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Darius I
What battle ended the first Persian invasion ten years before Thermopylae?
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Battle of Marathon
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What Greek formation could block the narrow Thermopylae pass with ease?
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What battle ended the first Persian invasion ten years before Thermopylae?
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