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.
n, pl -weights or -weight. 1. (Units) Also called: long hundredweight Brit a unit of weight equal to 112 pounds or 50.802 35 kilograms. 2. (Units) Also called: short hundredweight US and Canadian a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds or 45.359 24 kilograms.