But 300 didn't just spring to life on the big-screen. For its origins as a cinematic adventure which looks and sounds the way it does, we have to go back, not necessarily all the way to Ancient Sparta ...

A historical anecdote explains why the Macedonians and Spartans never went to war when king Philip conquered all of Greece.

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

Meet the Spartans is just a spoof ... for all their jibes at “Athenian boy lovers”, 300’s King Leonidas and company looked pretty darn gay in their leather jockstraps and spray-on abs.

300 is a thrilling spectacle of glory ... first meet one another in the film, the Persian king tries to win over Leonidas and his Spartans as allies, saying they had much to offer one another.

Everyone remembers the legendary kick in Zack Snyder's 300, but did you know you can also pull off the same epic move in Assassin's Creed Shadows? The official Assassin's Creed account shares a video ...

men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans. Xerxes waited for 10 days for King Leonidas to surrender or withdraw but left with no options he pushed forward.

Bayliss opens, naturally, with the most well-known episode in the history of Sparta – and perhaps all of Ancient Greece – Leonidas and the 300 at Thermopylae. He follows this with chapters on Sparta’s ...