The Battle of Thermopylae, a famous stand by a small Greek force against a much larger Persian army, involved the Spartans led by which king?

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• Pericles
• Leonidas
• Alexander the Great
• Philip II

Explanation

King Leonidas I of Sparta led the small force of Greeks, including 300 Spartans, in the heroic defense of the pass of Thermopylae against the Persian army in 480 BC.