Leonidas at Thermopylae. Engraving based on the painting by Jacques-Louis David. It depicts the battle at Thermopylae, where the Spartan Leonidas blocked the way of the Persian army led by Xerxes. Leonidas is shown in the centre, naked and armed in Spartan uniform, surrounded by naked soldiers. "Historia Universal",by César Cantú. Volume I, 1854.

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