300[2006]DvDrip[Eng]-aXXo
It is spring, 480 BC Persian King Xerxes,
continuing his fathers, Darius, master plan to conquer the Hellenic
city-states, arrives in Hellas. The previous Persian invasion and
diplomatic attempts have already turned most northern Hellas tribes
and states to the Persian side. But the people of Athens and
Sparta, the largest Hellenic powers at the time, feel quite
insulted by the Persian emissaries requesting their surrender to
Xerxes and slay them. In Sparta, King Leonidas consults the local
oracle, which gives two options: either a spartan king will have to
be sacrificed or Sparta will be burned to the ground. A year
earlier (481, BC) a panhellenic consortium of all southern
city-states have already recognized the superiority of the spartan
army (the best organized and trained army at the time) and have
announced King Leonidas supreme commander of the combined Hellenic
army. It is then decided that a small force should block Xerxes'
way to southern Hellas in the Thermopylae passage.This passage was
at that time 12 meters wide.The great historian Herodotus, possibly
exaggerating, states that there were 1700000 Persians(their true
number could be anywhere around 100000 and 1000000) against 7000
Hellenic hoplites and slaves, including the 300 men of the spartan
king elite guard. King Xerxes waited for 4 days for the Hellenes to
be frightened and eventually surrender and was quite astonished by
his opponents complete apathy who were following their daily
program practicing and making their hair! After that Xerxes tried
to convince Leonidas to drop weapons, give up his position, kneel
before him and live on as a local governor under Xerxes. King
Leonidas replied "molon lave", which means "Come and get them".
Then the 3 days battle begun with the 300 Spartans, and 700
thespians (the other Hellenes where sent by Leonidas to protect
passages to their flanks) slaying thousands of Persians with
minimal losses. The whole Persian campaign would have fail if there
wasn't Efialtes who showed Xerxes a secret passage to the Hellenic
flanks. After a final battle lead by king Xerxes himself the
Hellenic force was completely slain and their heroism and glory was
written forever in history. From the beginning of the battle the
Hellenes buried their dead in the spot they fell dead. After the
battle signs where made for the dead of each Hellenic faction. For
the pelloponisians generally (including the 300 Spartans) the sign
reads(free translation) 'In this place 4000 thousand pelloponisians
fought 30 millions), for the 300 Spartans(lakaedaemonians)
especially the sign reads(free translation) 'Oh foreigner tell the
lakaedaemonians that we are buried here obeying their laws' meaning
that they never hesitated and never retreated from the enemy. The
impact of the battle was enormous for both sides. The Persians'
morale dropped to zero and the Hellenes lost their fear for the
Persian conqueror and organized their defense. After several
successful battles the Hellenes ultimately defeated the Persian
army and repelled their invasion in the Battle of plataea in 479
BC. Written by
Harris o Harros
When the ambitious King Xerxes of Persia invades
Greece with his huge army to extend his vast slave empire, the
brave Ling Leonidas brings his personal body guard army composed of
three hundred warriors to defend the passage of Thermopylae, the
only way by land to reach Greece. Using courage and the great
battle skill of his men, he defends Thermopylae until a treacherous
Greek citizen tells King Xerxes a secret goat passage leading to
the back of Leonidas's army. Meanwhile, his wife Queen Gorgo of
Sparta tries to convince the council to send the Spartan army to
fight against the Persians. Written by
Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300"
concerns the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of
Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is
said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the
Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.
Written by
Simon
Stevens
In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an
alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in
the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks
held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of
history. Persian King Xerxes lead 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, 700 Thespians and other
Slave soldiers. Xerxes waited for 10 days for King Leonidas to
surrender or withdraw left with no options he moved. The battle
lasted for about 3 days and after which all 300 Spartans were
killed. The Spartan defeat was not the one expected as a local
shepherd named Ephialtes defected to the Persians and informed
Xerxes of a separate path through Thermopylae, which the Persians
could use to outflank the Greeks. Written by
cyberian2005
In 480 BC, the Persian king Xerxes sends his
massive army to conquer Greece. The Greek city of Sparta houses its
finest warriors, and 300 of these soldiers are chosen to meet the
Persians at Thermopylae, engaging the soldiers in a narrow canyon
where they cannot take full advantage of their numbers. The battle
is a suicide mission, meant to buy time for the rest of the Greek
forces to prepare for the invasion. However, that doesn't stop the
Spartans from throwing their hearts into the fray, determined to
take as many Persians as possible with them. Written by
rmlohner
