The film ‘300’ focuses on one battle during the long Greco-Persian Wars, the armed conflicts between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states of the time. … Therefore, historical inaccuracies are unavoidable and excusable since the film is not based on real history but on a fantasy graphic novel. HowRead More →

Herodotus pointed out, as the Athenians did not, that the Spartans would have fought bravely and died nobly. But they would have lost. It was not their own tactical errors that defeated the Persians, but the resolution of Athens. When did Herodotus write the Battle of Thermopylae? Thermopylae (Greek Θερμοπύλαι;Read More →