Statue of Leonidas, Sparta, Laconia, Greece

Statue of Leonidas, king of Sparta, who led the Spartans in the battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC during the Persian wars, holding sword and shield and wearing plumed helmet, bronze, in the modern city of Sparta, Laconia, Greece. Sparta was a powerful military city-state throughout the Greek ancient and classical periods, and was later inhabited by the Romans and Byzantines. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Byzantines City-state Inhabited Lacedaemon Laconia Lakedaimon Lakonia Leonidas Peloponnese Peloponnisos Periods Plumed Sparta Spartan Spartans Sparti Spartiate Thermopylae Throughout

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