An epic battle in Greece with 300 Spartans. The average life span is 28. The first stirrings of what would become Rome. What else?

1. The world’s population is roughly 100 million, soon
to be minus 300 Spartans and a bunch of Persians.
What Happened in 480 B.C?

2. What Happened in 480
B.C?
The Imperial Treasury at the Persepolis
Palace in Persia is completed after
three decades of work.

3. It Is 480 B.C.
Artists begin the wall paintings
‘Musicians and Dancers’ on the wall of
the Tomb of the Lioness in Tarquinia,
Italy.

4. It Is 480 B.C.
Three decades is longer than the
average life span, which is 28. However,
if a child made it past ten, then their
average life span was 40.

5. It Is 480 B.C.
Rome, a long way from being what it
would become, marches against the
Vientes, the richest Etruscan tribe.

6. It Is 480 B.C.
King Leonidas leads 300 Spartans to
defend the Gates of Fire in Greece
against a Persian invasion by King
Xerxes.

7. It Is 15 March 480 B.C. The Ides
But What If He Didn’t?

8. For her 24-hour bubble in time, Scout is a
priestess from the Oracle at Delphi.
Her mission is not apparent, as she is with
Leonidas; with defeat inevitable.
Then the Sybyl, Pandora, appears, coming
from the Persian lines. What ill does she
have to pass on to mankind this time?
Scout’s Mission: Ides of March

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