The pass fighting is mutual mass killing in 480 as received
Dated 3 August 480: The pass fighting is mutual mass killing in 480 as received. In the causal graph this event strengthens Political Polarization, a driver that weakens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.
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A blocking action is still killing. Polarisation of Greek-Persian war memory is the later path. Leonidas I did not operate this later page as a civil-registry autograph.
Context
Shared institutions, unnamed crews, and later editors remain in the record and do not erase a documented heading.
Leonidas I Shared work with other named actors remains in the record.
Leonidas I’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.
The surviving file is narrow: Herodotus as later English, later lives, a modern monument, and encyclopedia pages.
Why it matters
A blocking action is still killing.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Leonidas I
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.4 · verified
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactThe pass fighting is mutual mass killing in 480 as received
- strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
- weakensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 3 August 480 · verified
A blocking action is still killing. Polarisation of Greek-Persian war memory is the later path.
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)
Observed
29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).
20212023 Above normal = better
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)
Observed
43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.
Normal is zero · any amount = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Loeb — HerodotusHarvard University Press · High credibility · verified
- 2.Perseus — Herodotus, Histories (Godley English as later carrier)Perseus Digital Library / Tufts · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Leonidas I did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorLeonidas I
- contributed toFactThe pass fighting is mutual mass killing in 480 as received
- strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
- weakensIndicatorHaving a say in government
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Factrail. (2026). The pass fighting is mutual mass killing in 480 as received. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/leo-persian-war-killing
https://factrail.ai/facts/leo-persian-war-killing
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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