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You are bidding on a Limited Edition Battle of Thermopylae Spartan Challenge coin. Military challenge coins have been around for centuries but unlike many others, these coins represent a battle that took place in hallowed antiquity and is imprinted with historic sayings in their original ancient Greek! Many know the battle of Thermopylae and the last stand of the immortal **0 where King Leonidas lead his **0+ Spartan soldiers (and many other Greeks) into the Hot Gates to stall the forces of King Xerxes (buying time to allow the Spartans to win at Plataea). But what some do not know is the famous sayings heard in pop culture movies actually came from historical texts! These sayings are now immortalized on this rare coin only available via Ebay. This two sided coin features the immortal sayings as written by Plutarch and documented by the famous historian Herotodus.