Most of us have seen the action packed movie 300, the story of an epic last stand taking place in Ancient Greece where a small force of Greeks under Spartan King Leonidas fought against a Persian army many times larger. What is the real story behind the movie though?
Join me as we visit the battlefield of Thermopylae in central Greece and explore the ancient sources and archeological record!
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Herodotus Histories (Oxford World's Classics) (Where the bulk of the info on the battle comes from).
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Plutarch On Sparta (Penguin Classics)
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