Leonidas and the brave 300 (today)

Do you know what the current Thermopylus Step is like? In the picture above we have its current position, where the sea has given miles of space to sediments thrown by the rivers, which have formed a plain.

In 480 BC, the date when the battle between the famous Spartans of Leonidas was fought against the Persian advancement, the pass was flanked by mountains and sea. In Louis Glanzman’s painting we can get an idea of how it was.