The Battle of Thermopylae (The 300 Spartans)

[Mostaqueify]

Mythology.....Greek Mythology.

[CCHSurTigres]

01:23 epic fail

[trilobright]

As over the top as 300 was, it at least gave some sense of how 300 soldiers could block a narrow pass and hold off a huge invading army. This, on the other hand, is a bunch of extras wearing costumes that would get laughed at many Hallowe'en parties today, engaged in fight-acting that's truly Power Rangers caliber. Lucky this movie somehow inspired Frank Miller to produce his now famous comic.

[jonjgibbs56]

@trilobright the depiction here is as historically acurate as could be done at the time. The Spartans uniforms, armour and helmets are accurate for the 5th century.Only the Persian immortals dark costumes should have been depicted in a more colourful aspect. Too bad so many have such a gross ignorance of classical history. However, what can you expect when comic books form the basis of ones education!

[brammatie2]

@jonjgibbs56 no the helmets are not the ones you would see at the battle of thermoplaye. also this was not the phalanx. the spartans where holding an verry narrow pass in thermoplaye, the phalanx was ATLEAST 10 rows deep. also there where 10000 other people with the spartans (700 soldiers also fought with the spartans till death) i can't dare to say it but...... i think 300 may be more acurate -_-

[VuBeClan]

PERSIAN FOR EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!

THUMBS UP

HOLLYWOOD SHOW BAD SIDE OF THE PERSIANS

BUT THE PERSIANS NUKED THE SPARTANS

[Marco0203041]

@VuBeClan The persians nuked the spartans?

Not really...you should learn more about history

[V0LtuRe]

@VuBeClan plz learn history my american dumbass

[losgeslagenlos]

@VuBeClan actually, that was 2000 years ago. nukes didn't exist yet

[chipmunklad7]

at 3:10 they say..."they are the spartan fighting machine!"

Now how the hell do ancient persians know what machines are??????

and why would you lay down when like 30 horses are charging you???

lol!

[BeTheBe5t]

@chipmunklad7 they had "machines" but their version was catapults, onagers, ballistars etc etc. "war machines" is what they called them

[calosando]

wtf there was no calvary that doesn't even look like a pass or 300 spartans that wasn't even a full phalax formation there helmets weren't made of bronze and there formation wan't 8x64 units it was like 2 times my fuckin ass

[Speed1Killer1]

i dont think its a good idea to lay down when there is a cavalary charge comming...

[donkrlitz]

What happened to the leather diapers??

[1964Yojimbo]

the movie "300" is based on a graphic novel that was in turn based on this exact movie.This movie was shot on location at Thermopyle.

[thebest4you100]

this is shit that didn't hapen in Battle of Thermopylae go and watch The True History About 300 The Movie, Spartans, Part 1 of 10

[snakes3425]

@thebest4you100

Frank Miller was a fan of The 300 Spartans, which inspired him to write 300, he baised the artwork on the images you see on Ancient Greek Pottery depecting battles. You want an accurate account read Heroditus' Histories, he wrote an entire account of the Greco-Persian Wars. 300 though did create a more accurate depection of Thermopylae at the time of the battle, since the actual site has changed drastically in terms of it's geography snce the war

[NiqueJB]

Hug the ground, huh? hahahha

[goatboyful]

Oh i remember this one, i always thought it was a great sword and sandle epic. About as realistic as 300, but at the the terrain is more believable. And Xerxes isn't 8feet tall!

[umidontno040394]

@goatboyful no, thsi is a LOT more realistic than 300. this could of actually happened. its still innacurate though.

[tirtashintaro]

There's no phalanx in this movie, but still cool anyway...

[glock71]

this is much better than the new 300, their gear is perfect. I just wish, they formed a real phalanx of more lines and braced against the cavalry charge.

[Cheeselikespie]

@glock71 no vfx, if they braced they would get crushed

[TitanticIndustries]

1:21 RANDOM FALL OFF HORSE FAIL

[strawman4]

What's funny is that when this came out it was just as intense as the new 300

[oscarpanchisco]

this movie sock

[Mimereader2]

Check out the article 'PLEs and the West' by H. Michael Barrett, author of 'The Pioneer Little Europe Propectus.' It's all the proof you'll ever need that we are the moden Greeks.

[JDR50xx]

worst movie spatans dont look badas** they look soft and they fight so generic and planned

[FuryOfTheSwarm]

@JDR50xx congrats, u met real spartans

[cavemanss]

certainly was historicly accurate

[TheBorrmann]

USA please do not make history films over europe!omg is this ugly!

[ORKSIZDABEST]

For how bad the new movie is, at lest they don't form a single line. When I see thoose standing in one line with thoose short spears against cabalary I allmost feeel sorry for tham.

[TheGroundedAviator]

@ORKSIZDABEST Yeah in real life they would've been at least three to five men deep, with support troops behind.

[paintballKid545]

300 times batter then 300

[zurraspillas2]

0:38 wear jenas?

[Detarion95]

They fight like machines :D

[Roddog61]

This tracks Herodotus well, but MAN. These guys knew nothing about hop lite tactics. None of this would have been possible. If it was a Calvary charge they would have been better off in deep ranks with locked shields and spears presented. Horses tend to rear when faced with such things. Also, the typical Spartan formations, at the time, were 8 plus (12 at times) deep. They were always incapable of forming up less that 4 deep. However, it's still way better than 300.

[romandef]

at least spartans try to stay in(wrong)formation...even this movie is better and more realistic than 300...

[LordAzanko]

@romandef damn you took the words right out my mouth lol

[romandef]

@LordAzanko :)

[vikfox8]

i thought they were 300 not 20 :P

[noobpwnagez]

persian are stupid

[Shahin2102]

@noobpwnagez you can't spell

[Giwrgos123yo]

Spartans's armors werent this way!it was the corinthian type helmets with some differents and generaly Greek armor wasnt this way

[Xazamas]

Why do they all fight left-handed? is the picture mirrored for some reason?

[Pobbtickin]

best part 1:18 .. AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEE

[DinoCopRulezTheWORLD]

6 people are from Persia

[historyfathead]

This movie tech back than was even shit.

[ohzenbaaa]

Seem stupid when compare with "300"

[BathorysGraveland]

@ohzenbaaa I much prefer this movie to '300', by a long shot. These older movies had a more chaotic, realistic feel to them when depicting battle scenes. As you can clearly see among the Persian soldiers, once fighting started, confusion swept through the ranks like wind.

[MrLantean]

@BathorysGraveland I agree that the original version is better than its remake version. 300 is based on a graphic novel rather than historical facts. The military equipment are historically accurate as well. But the terrain is not accurate as Thermoplyae is a narrow path rather than an open plain. The battle although a defeat for the Spartans has delayed the Persians for 3 days allowing scattered Greek armies to regroup. The Persians later suffered a great defeat at the naval battle of Salamis.

[librahitech]

I love the action

[JIANLONG75]

one thing, spartans never fought like robots.

[Junokaii]

why the heck are they all left handed?? :S

[mattxiongmusic]

@Junokaii Back then it didn't matter if you were left or right handed, since the shields were small, it was placed in your left hand to be able to block the man your left. (when in line) and the person on your right is expected to do the same for you, thus creating a chain of shields

[Junokaii]

@mattxiongmusic well doesn't really bother me.. Just.. it's curious to see since you almost never see it.

[mattxiongmusic]

@Junokaii I know hehe I was just hoping that I could help enlighten you! Hope it helped

[Junokaii]

@Junokaii yeah it did okay lol

[EastJazzman]

@Junokaii Because this video is mirrored.

[Junokaii]

@EastJazzman ahh

[GUNtau99]

Very poor representation of the Hoplite Phalanx

[SoccerFury08]

@GUNtau99 haha i was thinking the same thing

[bairdbrothers101]

i pretty sure they were not cav in that battle

[SuperSkateguy]

this made me cringe, even 300 is more accurate than this

[Moneydewb]

1:16 Formation!!! (Every One Pussy Outs) Lol

[MegaKossak]

What would a ancient time persian know about machines!?

[TheGodParticle]

I don't buy it. They were spread far to thinly to push back that lot charging at them.

[TheRaellz]

@JaazK not sure if you're aware but they didn't have cameras when the battle took place.

so, in other words: no shit?

[TheKIlercow]

are those Persians?

[petion2010]

The terrain didn't allow for cavalry charge

[rogerfraserr]

when Leonidas first came up with the idea to "lay down in the event of a cavalry charge", I can't imagine what the soldiers would have thought

[Shahin2102]

with all its inaccuracies it still beats 300.

Hollywood still had respect for history back then.

[Keldaur]

@Shahin2102 300 is about a book from Frank MiIIer. Wasn't suppossed to feeI reaI.

[BoKhArMiN]

@Keldaur YES ITS A COMIC BOOK ;)

[P0Jntxoog]

This is pretty good if you consider it was made without special effects, computer-generated backgrounds and all the modern techniques that are used today.

[overlord1998]

@P0Jntxoog but todays 300 is way mor badass

[BellumExterminatio]

this is probably the most historically innacurate movie i have ever seen

[TheCavething2]

i remember watching this so cool

[aljonzc]

Wrong settings. Weird tactics that 300 Spartans never did.

[kakha13]

what's that... :(

[MrBuddydan]

Best movie ,worst line" they fight like machines"

[Junokaii]

@MrBuddydan yeah because machines hardly existed back then haha

[bh5496]

@MrBuddydan you are so right, how would they know what a machine fights like? XD

[Flekyify]

@MrBuddydan worst line why? they actualy fought like machines, when do you think the lever was invented? You probably think that Steve Jobs invented it 20 years ago do you? I'm glad you wasn't inventor in ancient time, by now we would still use stones and flints...

[Jules7892]

@MrBuddydan THE SPARTANS LOOK SUPREME!! FULL FACIAL AND HEAD ARMOUR,FULL LEG ARMOUR AND ARM PLATED STEEL ARMOUR,FULL STEEL SHIELDS AND SWORDS,AND Sharp Javaline Spears and the Spartans Fight like "Machines, Super-Efficient Battlehard for the European-Greece-Democracies of the Serbian Balkans Supreme for Democracy for us ALL Europeans to live in Peace away from the Persians of Asia that Threaten European Spartan Democracies!!!!

[FuryOfTheSwarm]

@Jules7892 lol spartans werent god,s they were real people, and yes they did require large numbers, thermaploye held for only a small time

[Cheeselikespie]

@Jules7892 Bronze*

[umidontno040394]

@MrBuddydan lol how did they not catch that when they were making the movie?