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Although the Spartans were defeated at Thermopylae the battle was a victory for Greek culture and all of western civilization why

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the Spartans fought in a Phalanx; or as a group; as one unit. the Greeks were defeated because they fought as a mob. after the battle, they began fighting as one instead of as individuals, a concept we still use today
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