Maliakos Gulf

Maliakos Gulf
A gulf in Greece adjacent to Thermopylae or the so called "hot gates". This was the site where the 300 Spartans built a massive wall to block alternate route to Sparta, giving the Persians no choice but to choose Thermopylae as the only path.

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