the Spartans were still humans. Leonidas and his 300 soldiers put up a valiant last stand, but the Battle of Thermopylae was an absolute failure for the Greeks. King Leonidas saved more than half ...

Across the Hellespont, the narrow channel of water separating Europe from Asia, he had constructed two bridges, each made of over 300 ships ... Led by King Leonidas, the Spartans heroically ...

In 480 BC, 300 men fought against the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. With no help from their Greek allies, the King of Sparta, Leonidas, blocked the hot gates with the ...

He's the most legendary warrior king in history. With his 300 brave Spartans behind him, King Leonidas stood against the mighty invading Xerxes and stopped him in his tracks. The story has been ...

Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of them his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now ...

In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 ... to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans. Xerxes waited for 10 days for King Leonidas to surrender or withdraw but ...