Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muchirimo cha 479 BC, zvichitevera kufa kwemutongi wake Leonidas muhondo yeThermopylae, Leotychidas akatungamira ngarava dzechiGiriki dzaisanganisira ngarava zana negumi paEgina uye gare gare kuDelos, vachitsigira kumukira kwechiGiriki paChios neSamos vachipesana nePersia. Leotychidas akakunda mauto emauto ePersia nehondo dzegungwa paHondo yeMycale
pamhenderekedzo yeAsia Minor muzhizha ra479 BC (zvichida panenge pakati paAugust). Muna 476 BC, Leotychidas akatungamira hondo kuThessaly kurwisa mhuri yeAleuadae yekubatana nemaPersia asi akabva abva mushure mekupihwa chiokomuhomwe nemhuri. Paakadzokera kuSparta akatongwa nokuda kwokukumbira chiokomuhomwe, uye akatizira kutemberi yaAthena Alea muTegea. Akapiwa mutongo wokudzingwa uye imba yake yakapiswa. Akatsiviwa nomuzukuru wake, Archidamus II, mwanakomana womwanakomana wake Zeuxidamus, ainzi Cyniscus, uyo akanga afa panguva yababa vake. Leotychidas akafa makore akati gare gare, munenge muna 469 BC.