The battle of Thermopylae 480 B.C. (300 Spartans) 2/2

The battle of Thermopylae has a big significance in Greek history. It's the battle that showed the various Greek states that they are members of the same nation and sparked the idea of a future unification. That unification came with Philip II the king of the Greek kingdom of Macedonia, who united all Greek into one single country. With this unified country, Philip's son, Alexander the Great, vanquished the Persian empire in retaliation for their invasion against Greece and spread the Greek culture all over the ancient world. The battle of Thermopylae was also important cause it showed that the Persians could be beaten and it led to the final Greek victory, which secured the western world and the birth of democracy.


ΕΛΛΑΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ ΣΠΑΡΤΗ ΑΘΗΝΑ ΘΕΡΜΟΠΥΛΕΣ ΛΕΩΝΙΔΑΣ ΘΕΜΙΣΤΟΚΛΗΣ ΜΙΛΤΙΑΔΗΣ ΜΑΡΑΘΩΝΑΣ ΜΑΚΕΔΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΣ HELLAS GREECE SPARTA THERMOPYLAE HOT GATES THERMOPYLES 300 SPARTANS LEONIDAS DIENEKES THEMISTOCLES ATHENS SALAMIS MARATHON MILTIADES MAKEDONIA MACEDONIA MACEDOINE MAZEDONIEN ALEXANDER DER GROSSE ALESSANDRO MAGNO MAKEDON MACEDON MEGAS ALEXANDROS THE GREAT PHILIPPOS PHILIP



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[trelokamenos]

0:57 "This phalanx was 18 men deep and 64 across"... that's kinda more than 300 :P

[SPARTANsenator7]

@trelokamenos

Dude 300 were the Spartans who stayed in the final battle the third day along with 700 Thespians. The phalanx that the narrator speaks about is the typical one which was used in the 2 first days that the Greek forces were about 7000.

[MsThemuh]

I have to say I would never survive as a spartan. 

[SPARTANsenator7]

@SlyDessertFox

...and one more thing.....on the Macedonian coallition against Athens and Theba (which were against the Greek unification) there were many other Greek states as well like Focea, Lokroi, Thessalians and others.....like i said get some classes on Greek history. Did The Qin dynasty in China who unified all Chinese kingdoms by war was not Chinese as well? Attila who unified all Huns by war was not a Hun himself? Get some proper education.

[SPARTANsenator7]

@powerdriller10

Dude you are wrong, the Spartans contributed as much to the war, besides their geroic stand in Thermopylae which gave more time to the rest of the Greeks to prepare, they gave a huge blow against Persians in the battle of Platea and in a series of other battles afterwards that chased Persians back to Asia! Don't use terms like "stupid" cause it's insulting not to mention that have no relation to reality, thanks!

[SPARTANsenator7]

@SlyDessertFox

It's ok buddy, my apologies as well if was a bit hard on you but this whole farce with the slavs of Yugoslavia who copied our historical name of Macedonia and their idiotic propaganda has caused a big confusion to the ones who have not a good grasp of ancient Greek history!

[SPARTANsenator7]

@kova0078

Thermopylae was narrow but not that narrow. 700 were the Thespians who stayed with the 300 Spartans in the final battle, pay more attention please!

[SPARTANsenator7]

@Baskerville22

25.000 is the correct estimate? According to whom? You? If they were only 25000 they would have lost easilyt just like in Marathon. The Persian forces were over 250.000 at least according to the ancient sources. Do not post views that have no relation to reality!

[SPARTANsenator7]

@purplepimpernel

The Phoceans who guarded the pass left to protect their town and they were not killed. Leonidas ordered the retreat of all Greek forces (they were around 7000 the first day) and stayed with his 300 Spartans and 700 Thespians to figh to the death. At Platea the Spartans led the Greek forces which annihilated the Persians!

[purplepimpernel]

There were more Greeks than 300. In the beginning there were close to 4,000. Leonidas ordered the withdrawal of all Greeks except his personal body guard. There were a little over 1000 when their retreat was cut off and the Phocians guarding the secret were killed to the man. On the 3rd day Leonidas planned to make an impression on Xerxes by killing as many Persians as possible. The Greeks left were annihilated. First a naval victory at Salamis by Athenians and at Platea which destroyed Persia

[RoyMunsoned]

6:50 .. learn to say LEONIDAS correctly

[powerdriller10]

@ASCG5000

The ones that really defeated the Persians were the Athenians. In the two Persian Wars, were the democrat men of Athens who gave the death blow to the Persian Army. First in the battle of Marathon, to which Spartan arrived one day late calculating that Athenians would be beaten, while the Persians would be too tired. The second in Salamis were the mostly Athenian Navy destroyed the Mighty Persian one. Athenians had to define their own strategy because the Spartan one was too stupid.

[Geromkillersk8]

@swedenviggo Hahahaha i thaught so as well ;D