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Who were the immortals and what was their significance to the persian empire?

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The 'Immortals' played an important role in Cyrus the Great's conquest of the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 547 BC. Immortals participated in the Battle of Thermopylae 480 BC & were amongst the Persian occupation troops in Greece in 479 BC
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