In 300, one of the iconic scenes of the film was the scene where Persian messengers demands a gift of “earth and water". In response, Leonidas and his men cast the messengers into a well.

The Persian Empire's bloody quest for domination continues, following their victory over Leonidas' 300 Spartans. Under the command of Xerxes, the army marches towards the Democratic city of Athens ...

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

Coming at the very end of the Persian Wars, the Spartan war king Leonidas and his 300 men held off nearly 100,000 battle hardened Persians for days. As Herodotus described it, scathingly ...

This consistent heroizing of Leonidas and the 300 derives from an ancient approach to recording historical events. The fifth-century Greek historian Herodotus, modernity's main ancient source for the ...

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In response a contingent of 300 Spartans and several thousand allies ... of the Greek allies to gather their forces. Led by King Leonidas, the Spartans heroically held the Persians at bay for ...

Snyder followed that with his 2006 Greek action epic "300," starring Gerard Butler as Leonidas, the muscular King of Sparta. The movie became a pop culture hit and internet meme thanks to Butler's ...

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