How to recreate the Battle of Termopylae?

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Building on what TPC said, remember that none of the EB hoplites carry bronze armor (except maybe the Spartans, I can't remember though), and that leads to them getting slaughtered way too quickly by "Persian" infantry.

Put a unit of Hoplitai on a bridge and eventually a few units of Pantodapoi will overwhelm it. And that's not to say what will happen if they get into the flanks...