300 Spartans - "Cavalry Attack"

[Otochiro1]

vote for the comment of HEH8D xD

[kangs16]

hey that's a good question. why no spartanese?????

[sfikavideo]

film loutraki greece 1962

[ihaterobbie123]

LIKE A BOSS!

[HEH8D]

why are the spartans speaking english and not spartanese?

[duderobinv]

@HEH8D spartanese? are you frikking kidding me? come on dude

[devilryne]

@HEH8D lol u suck

[XDlosDominicans]

@HEH8D xDD Spartanese !! xDD omg !! u made me laugh so hard thank u.

EPIC FAIL !! xDD

Spartans ! speak = GREEK !! xDD oooooommmmmmmmmmgggggggg !!

[msinummoc]

@HEH8D THUMBS UPP FOR THIS COMMENT!!!!! EPIC

[LuckyLuke1031]

@HEH8D BIGGEST EPIC FAIL OF LIFE!!! 

[dagmar1991]

@HEH8D - The Spartans spoke a Dorian dialect of Greek. If this were a Greek production, with Greek actors, naturally, the language would have been Greek - Modern Greek ofcourse.

Similarly, in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, the language is English and not Latin - or Italian.

[SkoomaMaster124]

LOL x2 troop multiplier at 1:10!

Epic fail cavalry attack

[xZEUSERS]

i thought that thermopiles has high cliff, not a huge lake

[PilotInCommand100]

is it me or when the spartens get up there double the amount from when they lay down ROFL

[obscure741]

as the horse hoofs trampled the heads of the lying Spartans

[frankleyvas]

hahaha wow the horses must realy suck 

[Wolfen443]

The 300 Spartans, both versions are not exactly historically accurate sadly. But I will take this old Roman-Spartan Hybrid over the graphic novel version. At least is more realistic equipment wise.

[MihalisVarkouzis]

@Wolfen443

Yeah,but the graphic novel version showed how a phallanx really fought by being a tight formantion and pushing(it's the first battle scene in Thermopylae,in the end they push the enemies off the cliff).

[McKings11]

LOL what an awesome attack, drop for cover! as if they didn't get trampled. Gotta love old 60's american history interpretations.

[chukurulugai]

the spartans were homosexuals, gross!!!

[RollerCoasterRyan]

those r not spartans :(

[lolofdoom]

LAWL, BOTH OF THEM ARE HISTORICALLY INACCURATE? LAWL

[99darkhunter]

haha

funny

:))



[delirejisor]

spartans were naked gays.

[maddymoo555]

That was gay

[tylerbadass2]

thats shitty . never work.

[wildlittlebam]

@tylerbadass2 so you layed down and had a horse charge you to see if it would? if not you should

[ex2efx]

more realistic than the new 300 movie, should be armor clad like this and not naked as that was. LOL

[crazygeek777]

@ex2efx spartans only wore leather armor..

[viperreturns]

@crazygeek777 Spartans did not wear nothing different than other states,only hoplites from other states in most cases could not afford whole armor set(panoplia) so they used shield and helmet only,or shield and greaves etc. Whole armor set consisted of helmet,breast and backplate,leg greaves and shield In classical Spartans are believed to be provided complete armor rather than having to buy one themselves

[crazygeek777]

@viperreturns yes ut the spartans considered armor to be cowardly so they wore only leather armor a bronze helmet and shield

[viperreturns]

@crazygeek777 Im sory but a relative a friend of mine is a historian. He told me you have it wrong there is no prof the spartans used leather armor at all. The spartan state gave them complete armor. However about the cowardly bit they saw the bow and arrow as cowardly because the bow and arrow kills from far away. Because they would not adapt new thing for war was all so one of the reasons why they fell

[crazygeek777]

@viperreturns so you just agreed with me.

[viperreturns]

@crazygeek777 No. he told me the only thing the the spartans found cowardly was the bow and arrow because of this not adapting to change that could of helped the spartans was one of the reasons they fell from there former glory. the spartan state payed for there armour but it was not leather.

[crazygeek777]

@viperreturns it is kind of funny that you have this imaginary historian as a friend but all spartans wore was a red cloak to distinguish them selves from other hoplites leather boots leather bracers and a bronze helmet

[viperreturns]

@crazygeek777 First there is no imaginary friend!!!! second I have told you the truth. Dont like the answer well then your changeing history and yes they did wear a red cloak

[crazygeek777]

@viperreturns sure my fathers degree in ancient history would say otherwise but you will believe what you want

[viperreturns]

@crazygeek777 No i dont belive in what i want at all. i told you! No matter what i say you wont belive at all so i surgest you go to a univ and ask before you start moaning at me.

[Volgin93]

Wow, their weapons and shields are very cheap. Stop at 0:13. It looks so fake ^^

[MrPeridot333]

that was cool!

[hellopito978]

the spartan are fucking awsome

[max42777]

that fking cheap lmfao

[RoninDave]

good flick except for the cheesy romance bits

[avenged800]

is this from a movie? can anyone tell me where it's from.

[035577]

@avenged800 no this was in real life not a movie at all

[Stehnz]

@035577 rofl

[shogunrommel]

@avenged800 A movie titled "The 300 Spartans" (1962) starring Richard Egan & Sir Ralph Richardson.

[bruno3789]

i hate the poeple who starts battles in the coment section! lol honestly the think they know a lot.....but the know a shit!!!!

[TheWskiller]

ahahhaha

[boom3100]

y r the enimies wering jeans

[Marduniya]

@DarrenS300 Xerxes's main goal was not to conquer "Greece" (or rather Greek City States, ie. Athens) in the first place, and the army left behind lead by Mardonious was a fraction of the main army consisting mainly of Greek mercenaries and hand-picked troops.

[evermetal2]

If Sparta could afford a bigger army like tens of thousands, united Greeks would have conquered the world!

[ruku871]

i find it funny some of the spartans are wearing roman armor and helms in this movie

[tng150]

I love the enthiasm of their voices

[WolfytheWolf5667]

Tahudson:

Nothing beats a well-built Phalanx. Especially a Macedonian one. Alexander gave his soldiers longer pikes, so aka, the Persians couldn't reach them and got slaughtered.

Is it me, or have Greece and Persia been warring since well, forever?

[tadeasCzech]

@WolfytheWolf5667 I must disagree, Roman legions are unbeatable... They can easily beat phalanx using pilas and flanking them.

[JonJonAdamson]

@tadeasCzech i would agree if the battle was fought on an open area and the Roman could flank them. but if it was straight up fight then i would have to place my bet on the phalanx... even if they were to use their two pilas, it would be meaningless against a phalanx... a shield wall from shoulder to knee and a spear twice as long as a man, 60 men in tight formation...

[RussiaSanyaRSN]

assassins creed symbol xD

[Zaniva]

@RussiaSanyaRSN It's actually the Greek letter Lambda, it's similar to a L and it stands for the Sparta home region "Lacadaemon".

Useless facts ftw. But now that you mention it, maybe there's some connection between the two?

[RussiaSanyaRSN]

@Zaniva i know ^^! joke.sry i cant good speak english

[RussiaSanyaRSN]

@Zaniva I used google translator, yes the game ac 1-2 puts a lot of truth in it! vlt is there really something to it ^ ^

[punongkahoy312]

is it me or persians look like gauls/germans?

[samosayoe]

horses will shy away from a wall of spikes, like a phalanx, not many people know this, they simply won't blindly smash into a row of spears

[ballyballz]

LOLS, i think that's the best way to avoid cavalry.

nice props,

but i though the phalanx was 'shields overlapping each other to form a shield wall with spears up to 4 ranks pointing towards the enemy?'

the spear wall is to fend of infantry and cavarly, while the shield wall to to protect them from missles and units that get too close? lols, that's what wiki said, o.o

[EPSILON80]

lol.Many men had Spartan helmets and the rest had Roman helmets.lol.cheap production.

[HunterHornet]

there are many theories on how the hoplites fought. In that day they considered this movie to demonstrate the accurate tactics. Later they published that the hoplite fought in a "spearwall" with 3 or 4 ranks of spears leveled to the front. Now they believe that instead of a "spearwall" they used a "shield wall". In the end we may never truly know but more than likely it was a combination of all of them to an extent.

[14Greekboy14]

hahaha old school

[s2w2a2t]

that was a goo strategic move

[AMVfanatic1081]

nice plastic swords/armor :P

[spartan2222222222222]

i wonder if that would work...

[TheCameoProductions]

From a tactical point of viw that was a very clever thing to do for the fact they were only 1 line deep , so cavalry would just charge straight through

[WiltatKansas]

Always better than todays crap

[MrHendrix17]

"Sir, they are now behind us, the phalanxes weakest point!"

"Oh well, our spears are still clean!"

[warlight2333]

lol nice

[AndS1692]

this is the real film!

[MrJoeyAlvarado]

There was initially an army of around 7,000 troops Greek troops. It was a coalition of Athenians, Thebans, Spartans and I think several other Greek City-States. When Xerxes army drew nearer to Thermopiles about 5,000 Greek troops were told to fall back and gather a larger army. Leonidas took it upon him self to lead this 'suicide' force against the Persians to buy his allies some time. So for the remaining 1,500 Greek troops only death awaited them.

[Xzeironah]

jaka taktyka

[justine123ist]

did that man said that SPARTANS REATRET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH­HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH­HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH­HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THIS IS FAKE SPARTAN OLD!

[lopsidedbunnybunny]

It's not 300 holding the line it probably more than a case of the 300 being "lords and princes" and which each lord and princes had a tally of many men supporting them so 3000 to 30000 would be a more realise number than the 300 being quoted.

[jack29292]

this movie was filmed at the spot where the real 300 spartans + 1000 greeks held the line its amazing hopw diferent it looks compared to the new 300

[Titanlord10000]

Now who would hav though of that tactic? Upart from the poeple getting trampled on, that was preety clever.

[SuparRockLord]

epik fail!!!!

[megamyou]

fail lol

[SkullKing11841]

wtf

[thendlessonline]

what movies is that

[SkullKing11841]

the original 300

[IRishmAdman169]

i love all the "experts" coments

[Romlooker]

LoL

[MasterofPuppets343]

ok is that supposed to be like an older 300?

[blueboy921]

genius tactic

[gunforsale]

GUYS! if you would know anything about horses you would understand that they HATE uneven surfaces - thats why if a horse charges you like that just mother fucking lie down because he fell walk around u or jump over u as they hate uneven surfaces and wont step on u

[MrLaxman33]

hehe clever spartans do it again

[Simo84844]

Line is too thin. they cant take one charge. a phalanx was at least 4 line deep and maximum 40 lines deep

[Titanlord10000]

and the phalanx works best on flat ground

[PilotInCommand100]

@Simo84844 well this is the 80's they dont hire that many actors rofl not like to days movies like troy and 300

[Notagirlygirl5]

i dont think many of the people lying down would have been crushed. Most of the horses jumped oer them and the others put like one foot on the shields (and im using my sisters account so that explains the username)

[SweetSinFZ]

lollllllllllllll THAT WAS HALARIOS

[theforeverwarrior]

if that would be real half of the men lying htere would be killed by the horse

[Stonewalljackson7]

Nope, the shields would protect them from being crushed, but the horses won't step on a man if they can help it. they would stumble and fall.

[doippa123]

kinda retarded...

[Rebelcommander6]

Well......can't say I've seen that method before

[MrBrian987987]

lol the shields look like plastic

[djurius]

that was smart xD

[MattyWarMad17]

great strategy

[kellark12]

yeah wow that was really cool

[Jasonvoorhes44456]

I soo did not expect that

[jibster94]

hahahahahahahahahahahhaha this is retarded hahahhahahaha

[tauhudson]

it might sound silly but the best thing you can do when a horse is cumming at you is ly down because the horse tend to try and avoid stepping on anything and will avoid you or jump over you!

[benargee]

i know but it make them look like pussies

[Anonymous934]

When horse is doing what? (:

[Flipstar117]

nah when a horse is coming at you, the best thing is to stand tall and face the opposite direction, the horse will treat you as it would a post.

[GorinRedspear]

unless ofcourse it is trained to recognise a human and trample it, which is what they did in medieval times, or the horse is blindfolded, as chariot horses often were

[MatKoReN]

@tauhudson but horse is a horse and cavalry is other thing when cavalry attack and u lie down raider will kill you so best thing when cavalry attack and u are in phalanx is your long spear ( it was very long for phalanxes macedonian phalanx got 6 meters I think.. maybe spartans got 3 metters). that is ok dont think cavalry will overpower because they will not encounter one man...... they will encounter full phalanx, sharp and strong. Cavalry allways fail when attack phalanx.

[tadeasCzech]

@tauhudson Man, this is antic, cavalary was very bad equiped and they been used to chase light infantry, not regular infantry units and as Romas says; disciplined cohort can defeat every cavalary unit. In the middle ages, cavalary has been armoured (as Parthians used to in antic) and it served as a tank, yeah, thats true, but before it cavalary was only for scouting...

[Javrid]

@tauhudson yea surely its graat idea especially when on that horse is a warrior with a lance or spear trying to kill you, and you have 30 kilograms of armour and weapons. Oh right and your friends stand in precisely formed formation, AND that horeseman FOR SURE would not come back to try again! Are you using your brain sometimes?

[Naugrimo]

@tauhudson hm, you ever saw people got turned into blood-lakes after a stampede of horses? :}} I guess not

[JonJonAdamson]

@tauhudson are you serious? stampeding horses won't jump over anyone... I mean, thats the point of a charge right, to trample your enemies under the hove of your war horse... it would be completely pointless if a horse would just jump over a body... that was the worst tactic i have ever seen... their not only flanked but also surrounded (because of the them)...

[DethklokDudE691]

@tauhudson thats not neccesarily true because war horses are bred and trained to trample

[chickenlampbrent]

@tauhudson unless its a trained cavalry horse. Trust me, it will step on you. Hard.

[adamjp9]

@tauhudson Right, i'll lie down when a horce is cuming on me.

[lebarosky]

@tauhudson You are right, except, ancient and modern cavalry horses are trained to do the exact opposite. Your trained horse is going to trample anything in its path. You have to remember that the horses were trained to kill as well as the men.

[lordpeter2005]

Where's the rest of it.......

[Lazyboy5298]

I was expecting them to raise their spears and just spear the horses, not play dead...

[dumgum222]

dude it looks pretty fake

[TonPappa]

i just sent this to mythbusters.... with the title "war tactic?" i just dont really believe this could happen....

[ssskarlosXDXD]

ke mierda wn

[nicubaciu]

nobody is such a fool to believe that . forget it, cavalry was the best that time

[Scoutrussp7]

LOL, cavalry was sucks in that time, cavalry began to kick ass only in medieval ages, because in that time was no stirrups, and horseman can't made a powerful strike by a spear or sword, if he didn't want to fall down from the horse ofc :D

[onegin1971]

Greeks and romans have powerfull cavalary and in prussia every man began his training on a horse whithout saddle, only on the horseback. If you had the ridght feeling one the horse you could fight on it ;)

[gunforsale]

@onegin1971 Greeks had an arse weak cavalry - they relied heavily on phalanx and only on that. Cav. was only for protection of flanks and scouting

[Simo84844]

@gunforsale Not even flanks, Some times yes. But on the flanks they had hoplites without spears only with the big shields to hold them back

[boipinoi604]

Out of all those horses, not a single one stepped on that guy's head peaking out in the way.

[Tmoney211]

the movie 300 has clouded your judgement.

[alexp9999]

it's true man...horses will jump over people lying on the ground, it's built into their nature or something o.o seen it in person.

[dirt0bike00]

they tried...-sigh-

[Legodevil12345678]

Love how in 300 the spartans look like blood thursty monsters and in this they dont look like they give a shit who wins.

I actualy think this movie looks cool because im not a noob who thinks all movies have to be 100% historicly accurate.

[magicstorm1]

actually it make sense of that falling to the ground. I mean the first line of cavalry could have seen them for sure but since they were charging fast its hard to turn back. The other behind could have thought they were killed by the first line of wave so ignored them. Its a good tactic indeed. But it would not probably work on professional hard trained unit.

[Intranetusa]

This movie is infinitely more accurate than Frank Miller's 300 movie.

"300" accuracy in Greek history is about as accurate as the Lord of the Rings in medieval European history

[IceCreamManOnFire]

Frank Millers 300 movie was based on a fictional book. the book was just loosely inspired by the true events that happened at Tyrmophyle

[magicstorm1]

lol its funny too, like they made the persian dumb that the ycant even stop their horse and stab those fakin dead spartans....

typicall hollywood

[Irishking750]

those horses were going so fast that if they tried to stop them the riders would have been bucked off, besides the horses would have jumped over the people either way anyway.

[kattack84]

lol, this is so unreal :P if they had done that, they would have been wiped out...and it's not even something that looks cool. spartans were able to hold for so long because they stood their ground...and in those days, a strong shield wall was almost impossible to overcome.

[prophet1k]

sparta win

persia piss off xD

[SimmyDOTuk]

that is not how spartan fight. they kick ass

[kamacazi8]

Even with it's historical inaccuracies, its a good film.. its too bad they dont make these anymore. instead its a dozen guys with cheezy cgi which ends up looking like a big blurry mob.

[GrandMaster1136]

I agree- the Spartans would not have done that. They would stand in strong blocks of men and withstand cavalry attacks with their wall of spears. Still, those were excellent tactics on the movie :)

[TxTechRox123]

spartans would've NEVER done something so deceptive and cowardly...phalanx would never break and charge in opposite directions either, it would lose it's strength. this is quite honestly one of the worst movie scenes I've ever seen....I want my 1:10 back.

[Shocked0]

lol this is so historically inaccurate, even the new 300 is more historically accurate and it has deformed monsters everywhere.

Spartans stood in phalanx not lines.

[Hospitaller]

Wow... just... wouldn't they get trampled by the horses? Just wondering...

[raminbijan1]

i am a Persian and i am proud.

[123Marvel123]

You must be very hairy then.

[jackslicl100]

since Persia no longer exists, are Iraqi or Iranian???

[xZenetothx]

common, really? I mean I can see the brilliance in the plan, but Persians weren't really THAT dumb..were they?

[jackslicl100]

they NEVER conquered Greece. alexander the great conquered them with a much smaller army. were the persians really that bad?? obviously.

[Kyuubic]

0:04 they freaking look like Romans...

[TheMetalPenguin]

In what way? Because they are wearing Attic helmets, which were first used in Greece, and later copied by the Romans?

[PeterFirthFan]

A very bad film with Richard Egan badly miscast.

[Soadir]

...OMG that scene sucks!

[wojownikpolski]

exating battle scene

[YoDog16]

what the fuck was the point of this whole video???

[Fahad1917]

at the time they made this movie it was Very good dont Compare this one with the new one mate :)

[stevenwollan]

AND MAGIROT EATS BALLS

[Crox300]

Great strategy

[callehyg]

In fact horses dislike very much to step on humans lying on the ground. Infantry used it for instance in Napoleonic times. This was however more of a spur of the moment-improvisational thing not an "actual" tactic.

[cadumal]

Wow, nice tactic... laying down in front of incoming cavalry. IRL they would have all been trampled down and died. I think this was a loooot of work for the poor stuntmen... trying not to get stepped on by horses.

[fiscornioman]

Its funny how innofensive both the spartans and the persians look, and how the spartans keep their cool, theyre like doing a picnic.

[otischamp]

British Spartans XD

[OsomCardbordRobot]

a nice idea