In 480 B.C.E., King Leonidas of Sparta led 7,000 men against an estimated 300,000 Persian soldiers at the Battle of ...

The Greeks put their forces under the command of Leonidas, king of the warlike Spartans ... never forgot the heroism of the 300 Spartans. At the pass of Thermopylae they set up a memorial with ...

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 ...

“300,” based on a Frank Miller graphic ... It was preparation, too, for the mindset of King Leonidas. The Spartans were trained to be the best, and why be bashful about being the best?

Even their most-famous battle - Thermopylae in 480BC ... Only after being outflanked did a 60-year-old King Leonidas take his famed force of 300 Spartans - who were likely accompanied by several ...

Led by their king, Leonidas, the Spartans knew they were ... s primary contribution to the Thermopylae narrative is his examination of the actions of the 300 Spartans in a modern, post-9/11 ...

Wikimedia Commons Thermopylae, the narrow pass above Greece’s Malian Gulf, is most famous for the legendary last stand of King Leonidas and his storied band of 300 Spartans in 480 B.C.E. But the ...

Moreover, though King Leonidas, the hero of “300,” condemns his fellow ... if anyone brought Judy Garland albums to Thermopylae, it was the Spartans. Notes Prof. Cartledge: Such literally ...

King Leonidas slipped into legend at the Battle of Thermopylae, martyred with 300 Spartans for the sake of Western Civilization and Spartan glory. “Go, tell the Spartans, stranger passing by ...