I-Battle of Thermopylae. I feat eza zangena ebudeni

I-Battle of Thermopylae-imfazwe emfazweni phakathi kwamaPersi namaGrike, okwenzeka phakathi kwe-Septemba 480 BC. E.

Enye yeemfazwe ezinzima kwiimbali zangaphambili zenzeka emva kweminyaka elishumi emva kokuba uDariyo athumele abameli bakhe kwiipolisi zonke zeGrikhi ngokufuna ukuthobela nokuthotyelwa kwamandla amaPersi. "Umhlaba kunye namanzi" kwakudinga iindwendwe zekosi yasePersi enegunya, apho phantse yonke imizi yaseGrisi yavuma. Ama-Athene, awabulala ama-ambassadors, kunye namaSpartan, abawaphosa emthonjeni, abafuni ukubonisa ukuthobela kunye nesiluleko sokuba bafike apho befuna - zombini umhlaba kunye namanzi. UKumkani uDariyo wathatha uhambo oluya kumanxweme aseAttica, kodwa eMkhosini waseMarathon umkhosi wamaPersi wahlulwa. Emva kokufa komlawuli, unyana wakhe uXerxeshe waqhubeka ebangela uyise. Kwizizwana ezininzi zobukumkani obuninzi bamaPersi, ibutho elingazange lize libe likhulu kuloo xesha lahlanganisana kwaye iinqwelo ezinamandla zazixhotyiswe. Xa umkhosi kaXerxes waya kunqoba iGrisi esezantsi, i-Greek Congress yagqiba ukulandela isiluleko se-Atmenian strategist Themistocles ukuxhathisa abahlaseli kwi-Thermopil Pass, indawo emncinci kwindlela yomkhosi. Ukubala kwakulungile. Kodwa ngenxa yeMfazwe yaseThermopylae ukuphela ngokusinqoba kweGehena, kwakudingeka ukuqokelela umkhosi omkhulu ukuba imigaqo yeGrike ayiphumeleli.

Phakathi no-Agasti, umkhosi wamaPersi wavela ngaphambi kokungena kwintlambo. Esi siganeko, ngexesha apho i-feat Spartans ye-300 yafezekiswa ngayo, yayingaphambi kweengxoxo. Kwi-Xerxes ukunikezela ngokutshintshela inkululeko, amazwe amasha kunye nesimo sengqondo esinobuhlobo boTar waseSparta uLeonard wenqaba.

Ulaka luka Xerxes luyalela ukuba imikhosi yamaGrike ehlangeneyo ibeke izandla zayo, eyayifumana, ngokutsho kwePlutarch, impendulo efanelekileyo: "Woza uthathe." Amagosa afanelekileyo okulwa nempi yasePersi, ekhokelwa yi-tsar, yaqala ukuhlaselwa. Ngoko ke yaqala imfazwe e-Thermopylae-imfazwe, eyaba yinto ephambili kakhulu yeemfazwe zamaGrike namaPersi. Kwimithombo yamandulo, abaphandi banikezela iinkcukacha ezingqubanayo kwinani labathathi-nxaxheba ekulweni. Idatha yabalwazi-mlando banamhlanje malunga nomyinge wemibutho yabarhatshazwayo kunye nokulahlekelwa kwamaqela kuboniswe kwitheyibhile.

Kwiintsuku ezimbini amajoni aseGrike akwazi ukuphinda ahlasele amaPersi, kodwa u-Xerxes wayekwazi ukwenza ujikelezo olujikelezayo kwaye ajikeleze abaxhasi be-Thermopylae. Isiphumo sentambara yokugqibela yamaGrike yayigqityelwe kwangaphambili, kuba kwakungeke kwenzeke ukunqoba umkhosi weentshaba, ogqithise ngento ethile yamakhulu amaxesha. AmaGrike ayengakwazi ukubala ngokufa okuzukileyo kwinqaba. Ayaziwa ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba zingaphi i-hoplites zithatha ukulwa nekosi yaseSpartan. Imithombo yamandulo ibonisa ukuba kwakukho neThebans (izinikezelwe) kunye ne-Thessians, eyafa kunye ne-detachment, eyayinama-300 aseSpartan. Imbali yobuqhawe bamaqhawe abanikela ubomi babo ngenkululeko yendawo yabo yakuzalwa yaba ngumlando owawuvuselela kwaye ugqugquzela iminyaka emininzi amajoni onke amazwe aseYurophu.