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OTL, 300 Spartans, and a bunch of other Greeks, held the mountain pass of Thermopylae for three days against Xerxes, but the Persians found a way around and flanked them, going on to burn Athens, but lose the war in the end. What if they didn't find their way around, or the other pass had been defended as well? Would the Persians have been held off forever, broken through eventually, or taken another route? How will history change?
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