From 300 to The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, these are the best fantasy movies that ground their action in distinctive historical settings.

The film follows Spartan King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and his 300 warriors as they stand against the vast Persian army led by Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro).

While the real King Leonidas never shouted those words — and certainly not in English — the story of how 300 Spartan soldiers held off the invading Persian army of Xerxes I at the Battle of ...

After taking the victory, the Spaniard went to the traditional signing of the television broadcast camera, leaving a particular message, in reference to the movie 300, which tells the story of the ...

Zack Snyder's 300 is an intense, highly fictionalized account of events surrounding the Battle of Thermopylae. One detail that the film does get right is that the Spartan King Leonidas (Gerard ...

Any look at the best Greek mythology movies of all time tends to include 2006’s 300 starring Gerard Butler as the Spartan King Leonidas during the legendary Battle of Thermopylae.

In 480 B.C., Spartan King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) leads 300 warriors to fight against an invading army of 300,000 soldiers led by Persian "god-king" Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro). Although the Spartan ...

Gerard Butler Says Actors Were Injured “Every Day” While Filming ‘300’ Butler on the "insane" filming injuries that happened during Zack Snyder's fan-favorite hit.

King Leonidas Spartan costume is a gladiator brief-style bottoms, a red cape, arm and leg guard with sandals. He also carries a sword with a shield.

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The mortal sacrifice made by Spartan king Leonidas and his 300 elite troops at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C. was described in vivid and dramatic detail in the Histories of Herodotus.