“300: Rise of an Empire” serves as both a sequel and a prequel to the 2006 smash which depicted in comic-book style the legendary battle of the Spartans at Thermopylae in 480BC.

The 300 all died in the end, but they took out many more Persians with them. The story was previously adapted in the 1962 film 300 Spartans.

As King Leonidas and the 300 Spartans battled the Persian forces, King Xerxes sent wave after wave of elite troops from across Persia's empire at them. In Zack Snyder's film, they included war ...