Ka kammala wannan jumla: Kamar dai sojojin Farisa sun ci gaba a hankali ta hanyar Thrace da Makidoniya. Labarin zuwan Farisa ya kai ƙasar Hellas a watan Agusta ta wurin wani ɗan leƙen asiri na ƙasar Hellas. A wannan lokacin na shekara, mutanen Spartan, "a zahiri" shugabannin sojoji na ƙungiyar, suna bikin Carneia. A lokacin Carneia, dokar Spartan ta haramta ayyukan soja; Spartans sun isa da wuri a
Yaƙin Marathon saboda wannan buƙata. Lokaci ne kuma na wasannin Olympics, saboda haka yarjejeniyar Olympics, kuma saboda haka zai zama abin ƙyama ne ga rundunar Spartan gaba ɗaya su yi yaƙi. A wannan lokacin, ephors sun yanke shawara cewa gaggawa ya isa ya isa ya ba da hujjar ƙaddamar da balaguro don toshe hanyar, a ƙarƙashin ɗayan sarakunanta, Leonidas I. Leonidas ya ɗauki mutane 300 na masu tsaron gidan sarauta, "Hippeis". Wannan tafiyar ita ce ƙoƙarin tattara wasu sojojin Girkawa da yawa a hanya kamar yadda zai yiwu kuma su jira zuwan babban rundunar Spartan.