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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 6023260" data-attributes="member: 6669384">As some of you may know, we've set our campaign in something based on the real world.I'm currently setting up another battle between the Persians and the Greeks at Thermopylae Pass.And that's the area I need help with.From what I've been able to find, Thermopylae isn't a high mountain pass.  It's actually a gap between the mountains and the Gulf of Malia, a inlet that connects to the Agean Sea and cuts about a quarter of the way across the Greek peninsula.There are sulfurous hot springs there (from which the area got its name), and a lot of volcanic caves.  This area was believed to be a gateway to the underworld, an historic fact that plays nicely into our campaign theme.Here's my problem:  While this area is described as being a pass between the sea and the mountains, the classic battle there is said to have been between a Spartan force of 300 who faced off against a Persian force numbering in the thousands, and that the 300 stalemated the far superior force (for three days) between two towering cliffs.Anybody have a good description of this area, one that can explain the apparent contradiction of an ocean on the east, and cliffs there as well?</blockquote>