The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Location

Thermopylae

Also known as Hot Gates

  • other
  • Natural formation

The narrow coastal pass in Greece where hot springs meet the cliffs and the sea, the Hot Gates of legend. Even in later ages it remains a choke point for armies entering central Greece.

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other
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Natural formation
First appears
Book 1 · Ch. 132
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1

History

  1. BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)

    The narrow coastal pass in Greece where hot springs meet the cliffs and the sea, the Hot Gates of legend. Even in later ages it remains a choke point for armies entering central Greece.

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