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- noun a defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479 BC
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Snyder says that the film will be sort of a prequel AND a sequel, taking place in the year between the end of the Battle of Thermopylae and the Battle of Plataea, which is the massive battle between Xerxes’ Persians and 10,000 Spartans PLUS 30,000 Greeks.
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