In 480 B.C.E., King Leonidas of Sparta led 7,000 men against an estimated 300,000 Persian soldiers at the Battle of Thermopylae — and almost won. The Greeks successfully used their home terrain ...

And there is perhaps no better precedent for this archetype than one of the first such examples in recorded history: The Battle of Thermopylae. Perhaps better known today as “that battle from the ...

Betrayal crushed Sparta's last stand at the Battle of Thermopylae. Outnumbered and undaunted, Spartan warriors and other Greek troops held firm in the face of Persia's might, until treachery ...

The heroic last stand by 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae is the most famous incident from the Persians’ failed attempt to conquer Greece in 480 BC. The Persian king Xerxes had invaded ...

It's the buffed-up version of the Battle of Thermopylae. 480 BC. Spartans versus Persians. The few against the many. Critics hate it. So does Iran, heir of Persia. But it's a smash.

The battle recorded by Greek historians was the inspiration for a 1962 movie, a comic and a remake in 2006, very loosely based on the historical facts. 'Leonidas at Thermopylae' (1814) by Jacques ...

And there is perhaps no better precedent for this archetype than one of the first such examples in recorded history: The Battle of Thermopylae. Perhaps better known today as “that battle from the ...