Leonidas sculpture
First of all, the hot spring pass is a very narrow passage, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Greeks also used this terrain to fight the Persians at Wenquanguan. In this battle, Greece only sent 300 warriors to guard, while Persia had tens of thousands of troops. Greece used these 300 men to resist the Persian army's three-day attack. Although all the last 300 Greek warriors were killed, nearly 20,000 Persian troops were wiped out. As a result, although all 300 people in Greece were killed, Persian soldiers lost nearly 20 thousand people in exchange. This battle is undoubtedly a victory for Greece.
How did Greece defeat Persia in the battle of hot springs? In fact, it is not only because hot springs are easy to defend but difficult to attack, but also because of the bravery of Spartans. Persians are dozens of times as many as Greeks, and only their number will become a tourist trap. Under the leadership of King Leonidas, these 300 Spartan were extremely brave and resisted the powerful Persian army with mortal determination. This battle not only reflected the heavy casualties of Persia by Greece, but also reflected the selfless spirit of Spartan warriors who were brave and good at fighting, defending their homeland and not afraid of death. This is the most fundamental reason why Greece defeated Persia in the battle of Hot Springs Pass. The victory of the Hot Spring War greatly improved the morale of the Greeks, but also hit the morale of the Persian army, which played a key role in Greece's victory over the powerful Persia in the whole Bo Shi War.
What is the historical significance of the hot spring war?
The battle of Wenquanguan occupies an important position in western learning. In the Battle of Hot Springs Pass, 300 Spartans fought bravely and successfully stopped hundreds of thousands of Persian troops, so the historical significance of the Battle of Hot Springs Pass is extremely far-reaching. To understand the historical significance of Wenquanguan Campaign, we need to have a detailed understanding of its background, so as to analyze its historical significance more thoroughly.
Stills of the battle of hot springs
The hot spring war belongs to the second Greek-Persian war, which ended in Greece's victory. The historical significance of the hot spring campaign can be divided into short-term and long-term aspects. The short-term historical significance is that the battle of Wenquanguan finally succeeded in stopping the Persian army several times its own, successfully helped the Greek army to complete the transfer of the main army, and laid the foundation for the Greek army to finally win the war. The long-term historical significance lies in that after Greece won the war, it completed the shift of the center of gravity of western historical civilization, from the original two river basins to the Mediterranean coast. After the defeat of the Persian army, it was destroyed by other small countries. It broke the Silk Road monopolized by the Persian Empire, strengthened cultural exchanges between China and the West, and promoted the progress of human history and civilization. This is the long-term historical significance of Wenquanguan Campaign.
The historical significance of the battle of Guan Wenquan goes beyond this. Among them, the feat of 300 Spartans has always been the spiritual food advocated by writers. It has been passed down to this day in the form of poems and proverbs, and has even been transformed into film and television works and games, infiltrating into youth groups. The historical significance of the battle of Guan Wenquan is far-reaching. Western countries have talked about it for more than a thousand years, and today it has become a model for all ethnic groups in the world to learn.
What is the truth of the battle of Wenquanguan?
According to historical records, the battle of Wenquanguan was Persian attack on Greece. In three days, 300 Spartans resisted dozens of times more enemies than themselves. In order to defend their homeland, they showed great courage and wiped out nearly 20 thousand Persian troops. Although they were all killed, they had a far-reaching impact on the war in Bo Shi. Is this the truth of the battle of Wenquanguan?
Portrait of Leonidas
Historians know the truth of the hot spring pass war after textual research: Persia attacked Greece at that time, but Spartans were not interested in protecting the hot spring pass and the strait. They want to concentrate all their military forces to defend the isthmus of Corinth. But if we don't keep the hot spring pass, once the Persian army enters the hot spring pass, more cities including Athens will be occupied by Persia. On this issue, Sparta can only compromise and divide into two teams, one guarding the hot spring pass and the other guarding the isthmus of Corinth. In fact, such a decision is wrong, and it also brings the life and death of Greece as a whole. But Sparta had unparalleled courage, and it was this courage that saved Greece, but it was far from being recorded in history books. There are more than 300 Spartans. Of course, these 300 heavy Spartans are the absolute main force in this battle, but there should be more than 900 light troops composed of farmers and slaves.
Leonidas, the commander-in-chief of Sparta, was also praised by the whole world in the Battle of Hot Springs Pass, but his true identity and experience were unknown to future generations. According to historical records, Leonidas was a patriotic man. He fought hard to defend his country on the battlefield and died for it. He is a real hero, and he doesn't deserve to be evaluated by the world. In this way, the Spartans defended their glory with their lives, killed nearly 20 thousand Persian soldiers, and completed this shocking battle. This is the truth of the battle of Wenquanguan.