The Persian kings tried to conquer Greece ... hair long and would comb it before going into battle. Fighting wars was what the Spartans did best. They believed that strict discipline and a tough ...

Then news reached him of an advancing Spartan army ... The defeat of the Persian navy at Salamis in 480 was by no means the end of the war, but it was the decisive battle that made ultimate ...

The Persian kings tried to conquer Greece ... hair long and would comb it before going into battle. Fighting wars was what the Spartans did best. They believed that strict discipline and a tough ...

Thrasybulus was an Athenian general who restored democracy after tyranny, rebuilt Athens, and opposed Sparta's dominance.

a Spartan warrior named Dienekes was told that the Persian archers could blank out the sun with their arrows. He replied "Good, then we shall have our battle in the shade." A Sybarite, who ate at ...

300 is a retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae in the Greco-Persian Wars. The plot follows the king of Sparta, Leonidas (portrayed by a pitch perfect Gerard Butler), as he leads his badly ...