300 - Battle of Thermopylae

300 Summary:
Sin City author Frank Miller's sweeping take on the historic Battle of Thermopylae comes to the screen courtesy of Dawn of the Dead director Zack Snyder. Gerard Butler stars as Spartan King Leonidas and Lena Headey plays Queen Gorgo. The massive army of the Persian Empire is sweeping across the globe, crushing every force that dares stand in its path. When a Persian envoy arrives in Sparta offering King Leonidas power over all of Greece if he will only bow to the will of the all powerful Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), the strong-willed leader assembles a small army comprised of his empire's best fighters and marches off to battle. Though they have virtually no hope of defeating Xerxes' intimidating battalion, Leonidas' men soldier on, intent on letting it be known they will bow to no man but their king. Meanwhile, back in Sparta, the loyal Queen Gorgo attempts to convince both the skeptical council and the devious Theron (Dominic West) to send more troops despite the fact that many view Leonidas' unsanctioned war march as a serious transgression. As Xerxes' fearsome "immortals" draw near, a few noble Greeks vow to assist the Spartans on the battlefield. When King Leonidas and his 300 Spartan warriors fell to the overwhelming Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, the fearless actions of the noble fighters inspired all of Greece to stand up against their Persian enemy and wage the battle that would ultimately give birth to the modern concept of democracy.

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[carbon544]

background music is epic anyone know what its called?

[haloSOS44]

can all you guys that are fighting about whats realy right and whats wrong you are just destroying it for everybody else so just shut up and enjoy the movie like everyone should

[WorldTour001]

The music made the movie even more epic lmao 

[337429]

i laugh at all of you idiots criticizing it's historical accuracy...It's hollywood you morons, clearly some stuff is going be exaggerated. It amazes me how people can't just appreciate works for what they are instead of nitpicking.

[83UtrechtNL]

Best fightingscenes ever

[AwesomeSniper1]

How did one of those arrows not hit xerces

[Sasabitch18]

The Persian's army is like a freak show o.O

[StonedRhino1990]

@StonedRhino1990 1:36? ;]

[StonedRhino1990]

loved the way you built up, good vs evil apart from the mouse cursor at 1:39 :P

[llokkee]

@Boukephalos1

I agree,the battle at Thermopylae still has the power to enthrall us even today.

It has been an interest of mine since I first saw a depiction of it in a history book my mum bought 4me at the age of 6.

I dont think I said there were more than 300 Spartans anywhere,I guess I just wasnt clear about that.

Helots did supply & maintain,but they often fought out of desperation,& this was a desperate battle.

They just arent included in the stats,which are usually surmised at anyway.

[Boukephalos1]

@llokkee Good you admit there were only 300 Spartans. The helots did not fight unless attacked, they supplied.. The 3 historians below are the only ones of consequence that could even remotely have any knowledge from archives. Herodotus took his figures from persian archives & interviews. So your figures although are not completely off by (Pausanias) views, still I would lean towards Herodotus. It is remarkable that a relatively small fight about 2,500 years ago could still have renown today.

[llokkee]

@Boukephalos1

These figures arent mine,ive read them on numerous occasions

I will clarify though by saying that most historians agree that there were around 8000-10000 aditional soldiers from 'varying city states' that accompanied the 300 Spartans .

Each one of these men had by one & often two Helots (not squires,my mistake) which usually arent accounted for.

In this battle as in many others,Helots did participate in the fighting,just not as frontline troops.

So the figures I gave still stand.