WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Battle of Thermopylae. At Thermopylae in the late summer of 480 the Spartan king Leonidas held out for three days with a mere 300 hoplites against thousands upon thousands of the best of the Great King’s troops. It has also been the site of several battles in antiquity besides this most famous one.

Detailed explanation-2: -Therefore, historical inaccuracies are unavoidable and excusable since the film is not based on real history but on a fantasy graphic novel.

Detailed explanation-3: -One of the all-time great stories of ancient history involved the defense of Thermopylae, when a narrow pass was held for three days against a vast Persian army by just 300 Spartans, 299 of whom perished.

Detailed explanation-4: -At the legendary Battle of Thermopylae in Ancient Greece, King Leonidas and a small number of soldiers – including 300 of his warriors from the state of Sparta – died making an heroic last stand against an invading force of around 100, 000 Persians.

Detailed explanation-5: -Of the three hundred Spartans at Thermopylae, only two survived the battle: Pantites, who had been sent with a message to Thessaly, and Aristodamus, who was also a messenger or-in a different version-was one of two men excused for severe eye infections.