Leonidas I (/liˈənaɪdəs, -dæs/; Greek: Λεωνίδας, Leōnídas; born c. 540 BC; died 11 August 480 BC) was king of the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta....
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The Leonidas-2 represented an effort made by the Greek vehicle manufacturer ELVO to produce an advanced armoured personnel carrier (APC) of its own. It...
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Molon labe (category Leonidas I)
attributed to King Leonidas I in reply to the demand by Xerxes I that the Spartans surrender their weapons. The exchange between Leonidas and Xerxes occurs...
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of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Leonidas after Leonidas I, king of ancient Sparta. The first HMS Leonidas (1807), launched in 1807, built by John...
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Battle of Thermopylae (redirect from King Leonidas's Last Stand)
under Xerxes I and an alliance of Greek city-states led by Sparta under Leonidas I. Lasting over the course of three days, it was one of the most prominent...
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Gheorghe Leonida (1892/93–1942) was a Romanian sculptor known for creating the head of Christ the Redeemer, the statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro...
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Gorgo, Queen of Sparta (category Leonidas I)
Spartan woman and wife to King Leonidas I (r. 489–480 BC). She was the daughter and the only known child of Cleomenes I, Leonidas' half-brother and King of...
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300 (film) (category Cultural depictions of Leonidas I)
hoplite in the Spartan army, narrates the story of a Spartan king named Leonidas I from childhood to kingship through the Spartan child-rearing system and...
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300 (comics) (category Cultural depictions of Leonidas I)
of Thermopylae and the events leading up to it from the perspective of Leonidas of Sparta. 300 was particularly inspired by the 1962 film The 300 Spartans...
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excavation team named it "Leonidas", deducing that it depicts the Spartan king Leonidas I.: 266 It was found southwest of peribolos of the Athena Chalkioikos on...
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Leonidas at Thermopylae is an oil-on-canvas painting by French artist Jacques-Louis David. The work currently hangs in the Louvre in Paris, France. David...
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Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna Romanova of Russia (Russian: Леонида Георгиевна Романова; née Princess Leonida Georgievna Bagration-Mukhrani (Georgian:...
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prince, likely the only son of King Leonidas I and Queen Gorgo. His grandparents were Kings Anaxandridas II and Cleomenes I. He was born from an avunculate...
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also refer to: Leonidas I, Greek king of Sparta, ruled c. 489–480 BC Leonidas II, Greek king of Sparta, ruled c. 254–235 BC Leonidas of Rhodes, ancient...
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descendants of Heracles. The most famous member of the Agiad dynasty was Leonidas I, known for his heroic death at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. The...
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Assassin's Creed Odyssey (category Cultural depictions of Leonidas I)
Alexios or Kassandra, Greek mercenaries and descendants of the Spartan king Leonidas I. In addition to completing the story campaign, players can freely explore...
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on Cleomenes from his opponents: the descendants of his half-brothers Leonidas and Cleombrotus, as well as those of Demaratus, the other Spartan king...
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approval. The new unit, nicknamed the "Leonidas Squadron", became part of KG 200. It was named after Leonidas I, king of Sparta, who in 480 BC, after realizing...
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List of Record of Ragnarok characters (category Cultural depictions of Leonidas I)
Geireruru) The fifth of the 13 Valkyrie sisters. She performed a Völundr with Leonidas in round 9, turning into an aspis shield. The einherjar are 13 human warriors...
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laconic reply supposedly given by the Spartan King Leonidas I in response to the Persian King Xerxes I's demand for the Spartans to surrender their weapons...
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attributes it to Leonidas I, Dienekes' general in the battle. According to Plutarch, when one of the soldiers complained to Leonidas that "Because of...
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BC) was king of Sparta between 491–476 BC, alongside Cleomenes I and later Leonidas I and Pleistarchus. He led Spartan forces during the Persian Wars...
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Leonidas is a registered trademark of the agri-food company Confiserie Leonidas S.A. The Belgian chocolate company was founded in 1913 by Leonidas Kestekides...
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The 300 Spartans (category Cultural depictions of Leonidas I)
and convinces both their delegates and the Spartan representative, King Leonidas I, to grant Sparta leadership of the allied Greek forces, with Themistocles...
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ancient shoreline and thus splits the pass; a modern-day monument to King Leonidas I of Sparta is situated on the east side of the highway, directly across...
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some were militant supporters of the war, including Benito Mussolini and Leonida Bissolati. However, the Italian Socialist Party decided to oppose the war...
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300: March to Glory (category Cultural depictions of Leonidas I)
begins shortly before the Battle of Thermopylae where players controls Leonidas, fighting through scenes from both the movie and comic franchise. Armour...
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character in the series, Jack the Ripper, Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, and Leonidas I were playable in Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015), Assassin's Creed Chronicles:...
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last stand by a Greek army led by King Leonidas I of Sparta against an Achaemenid Persian army led by Xerxes I during the Second Persian invasion of Greece...
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Second Persian invasion of Greece (category Xerxes I)
blocked at the pass of Thermopylae by a small Allied force under King Leonidas I of Sparta; simultaneously, the Persian fleet was blocked by an Allied...
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