Even with all the amazing battle sequences, the best 300 quotes have ... be carried back on his shield. According to Plutarch, this line was actually spoken by numerous Spartan women as the ...

Outflanked and hopelessly outnumbered, Leonidas and his men fought to the death, epitomizing Herodotus’ pronouncement that all Spartan soldiers ... The 300 or so Spartans helped hold off an ...

Sparta’s enemies, when facing the intimidating Spartan ... For the Spartans, such an outcome was almost too shameful to contemplate. Rhipsaspia, “the throwing away of one’s shield in battle ...

Inward-looking and self-sufficient, the Spartans were the most feared ... it was dishonorable to return without a shield and not without a helmet, the Spartan king, Demaratos (510 - 491) is ...

Persian King Xerxes led a Army of well over 100,000 (Persian king Xerxes before war has about 170,000 army) men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans ... The Spartan defeat was not the ...

Persian King Xerxes led a Army of well over 100,000 (Persian king Xerxes before war has about 170,000 army) men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans ... The Spartan defeat was not the ...