In 480 B.C., the new Persian king sent a massive army across the Hellespont to Thermopylae, where 60,000 Persian troops defeated 5,000 Greeks. The year after that, however, the Greeks defeated the Persians for good at the battle of Salamis.
1. (Weightlifting) the sport of lifting barbells of specified weights in a prescribed manner for competition or exercise.
(of a boxer or wrestler) to be weighed by a medical examiner on the day of a bout. to be of the weight determined by such a weighing: He weighed in at 170 pounds. (of a jockey) to be weighed with the saddle and weights after a race. Informal. to offer an opinion, advice, support, etc., especially in a forceful or authoritative way: The chairman weighed in with an idea for the fundraiser.