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- This film is probably one of the best I have ever watched when it comes to being action packed. I immediately felt the urge to do something badaxx after watching this lol.. As I observed how just 300 men were demolishing 100's upon 100's of army's like ants. As the thirst for battle and blood coursed through their vain's like a thirst they could never quench. They embraced death like it were a breath of fresh air. Leonidas the bravest of them all, leading his 300 men into the epic battle of the God King Xerxes. No surrender and No retreat was the Spartans way, the was law.
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When the real Leonidas fell in battle his men rushed to retrieve his body putting him to the center so it wasnt defiled in front of them. Loyalty
AND they never did find his body. (the enemy) His men removed anything that would ID him. No one knows for sure what happened though. They all died.
@@bugvswindshield That's not true, Xerxes had Leonidas' body decapitated and crucified out of rage, after 40 years his bones were returned to Sparta and his tomb still stands there. Check out the book 'The Spartans' by Paul Cartledge
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i sit corrected. i believe i was mixing up Sparticus....even though i know what happend to him.
thanks for corection.
although i can not confirm that. pls send a link .
@@ed7590 Or what they thought were his bones.
@@bugvswindshield If you check out the wikipedia section (second paragraph) it looks like the original sources are herodotus and pausanias en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae#Aftermath and it is also mentioned in the book I referenced. Those aren't contemporary sources but I guess they're the best we have!
At the end when Leonidas told Ephialtes "May you live forever," it was probably a two fold jape. Spartans are supposed to die a glorious death, and Ephialtes would be forever known as the one who betrayed Sparta. So basically, Leonidas is telling him he'll live in shame for the rest of history.
Real life was diff of course, the real historic traitor spartan. Was a spartan king who served under xerxes after being expelled from sparta. He warned xerxes of the spartans and their ways but he couldnt understand and took offense lol. In a later dialouge between a spartan and a persian recorded by herodotus the persian asked why the greeks/spartans were so against the median (persian) way. The greek simply answer "how would a slave understand freedom having never felt it". In pharaphrasing i dont remember the exact words
klevdud that’s awesome
His name indeed "lived" forever as a disgrace, a traitor's heritage.
True fact: The name of Ephialtes is synonymous to nightmare to us Greeks even today.
When we see a bad dream we say "I saw Ephialtes".
They took pride in a glorious death. To live forever is a horrible curse.
Bro I never looked at it like that. That's lowkey a hard diss. Lmao
After invading Greece and receiving the submission of other key city-states, Philip II of Macedon sent a message to Sparta: "If I invade Laconia you will be destroyed, never to rise again." The Spartan ephors replied with a single word: "If"
Philip didn't invade.
And this was when Sparta was in severe decline! Imagine how much influence you can wield with just a word when your actual power is severely depleted to intimidate a king who has just conquered all of northern Greece into not invading?!
Philip was smart. Why waste time and men to try and conquer a small dying state. There was no incentive and his main goal was persia. Sparta on the other hand became a little bitch, allying themselves with persia and fighting the macedonians at the battle of megalopolis which the spartans lost.
if it wasn't for the Spartans, king Philip II would have never been king and we would all be speaking Arabic. The battle of Thermopylae happened over 100 years before king Philip II
This movie is based on 300 graphic novel by Frank Miller. Frank Miller give a hint with storyteller dialogue
@@pinkpenzu more like why waste time conquering a city state you know youd have to kill EVERY SINGLE CITIZEN to win. The fight that dying state could put up holds the chance to cripple a fighting force. Pyrrhus of epirus died in sparta fighting not only the soldiers of sparta but the women and children as well. They were smart not to invade a country that looks forward to dying fighting you.
”Our arrows Will blot out the sun”
”Then we Will fight in the shade”
It’s actually a true line/quote they said in history of that Battle.
Truely Spartans where the greatest warriors in history.
I like that one that going on about some spartan traveling or something. Some conversation where they ask him how far the borders of Sparta reach. They say 'this far' while extending his arm looking at the tip of his spear. Best one liners in all of history.
According to Herodotus anyway ;)
The best in their time for sure!
Tip of the Iceberg that one.
"Then we will fight in the shade"
Certainly sounds better than "We brought flashlights".
@@foilhattiest1 😂😂😂
I love that this is supposedly a real quote from one of the Spartan warriors.
This is an actual historical quote allegedly from the battle.
@@chaost4544 if you guys are interested; this fantastic podcasts starts exactly on this topic:
www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-56-kings-of-kings/
Basically after 2000+ years we still have a word that describes how the ancient spartans used to communicate: "Laconic" (from Laconia; Spartans were Lacedaemonians)
The real King Leonidas was actually in his sixties when this battle took place, and he was really just as badass as he is in this movie. Not only was he a badass warrior, he was also one the best kings in the history of Sparta.
You sound like you were there fighting with him lol
@@tmac731 James is the narrator with the eye patch
@@cbeaudry4646 But that narrator is famously unreliable, it's half the point of the movie!
@@tmac731i was there
They were referred to as the Immortals by Herodotus because it was an elite unit of precisely 10,000 and they had replacements ready at all times, so dead or wounded were replaced immediately meaning their numbers stayed the same all the time, thus the name.
I loved this lol. Yes! Not so much on the paranormal side but in the most logical way to make people think back in those times about things like that.
Spartan wives telling their soldier husbands "Come back with your shield, or on it" was legit. You could lose your own armor pieces, but if a Spartan lost his shield he was disgraced. Because the shield was the armor that protected your brothers, in the phalanx. When soldiers die they are carried on their own shields by their brothers. So she's saying, "come back with your shield, or die."
You're right that woman were still treated bad back then, but it's suspected Spartan women in particular were pretty highly honored compared to other nations, like being able to own property. Bearing children was just as important as serving as a soldier.
Not a whole lot of historical accuracy, but just enough to be one badass movie lol
A Spartan woman was once asked by a Greek woman in some Greek city why are Spartan women treated as equals with men and she responded: "Because only Spartan women give birth to real men." Spartan women who died in childbirth were treated same as warriors that died on battlefield because they were the ones making new Spartans.
@@ragebash13 Unfortunately that's why Sparta eventually fell, it's people were fierce fighters but their arrogance, lack of trade diplomacy and unwillingness to use money made them obsolete. A warrior is only useful for war after all.
She was telling him "if you don't win, don't come back alive"
Women weren't treated poorly then or any other time. That's a myth. there were times/areas where all people were treated poorly, or all poor were treated better, but women were never disproportionately mistreated. They were given no voice because they did not earn their voice. disgusting the 1st wave bytches who were whining for "equal rights" while telling men to go die in trenches in WW1 while they stayed home and enjoyed the niceties of the remaining societies. Indeed, they even shamed men who dared act like a woman and try to avoid going to his death into the war. now that's some gall. You are too big of a useless coward to go die in the war, but you are willing to go and shame any man who was too afraid to die for you. Meanwhile, while they're literally in the trenches and dying by the thousands daily, you have the gall to whine about not having an equal say in when society goes to war or not even though you don't go to war. Right. To this day, womyn are cowards who have been given, not earned, equal rights, and that is why they're mostly unappreciated children whining about every discomfort and entitlement. Rights are earned by paying their costs, but today only half the population pays that cost, and womyn are still fighting/resisting this obligation (to this same year, womyn are fighting against the supreme court/military from finally requiring both men and women to sign up for the draft at 18 instead of just men. They still want the entitlement without paying the cost.
Universal Suffrage was the biggest mistake of everyone democracy. People are born equal, but they never remain equal. Some are lazy losers. Some are selfish pricks. Some are slow. Some are strong. some are heroes. Some rise as they age, others barely thrive as they age. rights should only be equal among those who equally contribute to society. Unniversal Suffrage, sadly, was just the communist version of democacy, essentially welfare voting. Original suffrage was intended only for those who invest into the society, only those who contribute should have a voice, not everyone whose an anchor and just takes .
@@unclebounce1495 Wow dude, take a chill pill please. I agree on some points but in general you have a very weird view of the world. Are those your original thoughts or did you read it somewhere or some group told you because they are pretty extreme...
Achilles: "Imagine a king who fights his own battles. Wouldn't that be a sight".
11:55 King Leonidas in action.
Me: He's right.
Kings actually fought in their own battles up until the Napoleonic Wars
Leonidas: "Hold my mead"
😂
Don't forget Alexander the Great.. Who commanded much much more and still fought at the front.
I loved how they used the way he killed the wolf as a kid as foreshadowing. Choosing the narrow passage so the enemy can only attack from the front.
which in the case of greek warfare, made you practically Invincible, as a phalanx's sole weakspot, was to the left side. (which in the actual battle was not possible to hit, since the actual battlefield was a sheer clif face to the left-
6:52 And the potter still showed up - and his wife didn't marry a warrior. He didn't prepare himself his entire life just to fight this battle. The Spartans didn't even have to think twice but the potter still mustered up all his courage and showed up.
My favorite part is when Leonidas has Xerxes' messenger at the edge of the well and pauses when he has the slightest doubt about what to do next, and even though he is the king and leader, he turns to look at his queen, and she gives him the slightest nod as if to say "DO IT".
Sidious would be proud
300 is every mans guilty pleasure, never felt so damn masculine watching a film. 300 makes you wanna run through a wall.
As a woman, same
Why guilty pleasure?
Just a pleasure
@@misterbobby8913 I was bout to say...I've never felt terribly guilty about loving this movie....or any movie, really lol. But certainly not this one..
@@davidsavage5630 Facts! 💪
I have really mixed feelings about this movie. As a historian, I cannot help but point out the severe inaccuracies. But as a casual viewer I get really pumped and I love the nod to Ancient Greek art depicting the heroes in little to no armor. What I want to see is a movie of the Battle of Thermopylae from the 700 Thespians who refused to retreat with the rest of the Greeks and chose to die alongside the Spartans. These weren't professional warriors, they were common men like you and me who volunteered to come fight for the Persians and made the ultimate sacrifice. Also, I highly recommend the book The Hot Gates. It's an extremely realistic historical fiction book about the battle.
I feel the same way you do with Braveheart, the movie is historically innacurate but gosh is it an amazing movie! Probably my favorite move of all time
I think a lot of people miss the point. The man narrarating is the one Leonidas sent back to Sparta with his final message to the people. The message was the story itself. What we are viewing is an over exaggerated retelling of the events that took place intended to boost the peoples moral and pride and encourage them to fight. Thats why we see "black magic" and "colossal war beasts" we know what it really is but the people hearing the story back in sparta do not. So the depictions of everything is oversized and over exaggerated.
Its actually a really interesting way to tell a familiar story. But I definitely agree. A realistic movie would be awesome too. Or even better a long series.
Same with Gladiator :)
@@fostercreque4110 Please, tell me, which live-action movie that has a high rating on IMDB (not a documentary) about historical events is truly historically accurate? :) I don't know any.
@@sevaschurev2986 and it sucks. The true stories are well worth it but... hollywoods gonna hollywood
Spartan society was actually well known for the women having much more say and better rights than other places at the times.
Not just Spartan but also Viking and polynesian
No you are thinking of Persia. In Persia people were actually free and were given land as long as they fought for the king. Around 60% of Spartan society were slaves. Pederasty was encouraged between boys and men, and women were forced to participate in combat training. It wasn't a nice society to anyone.
The one-eyed Narrator was Faramir in Lord of the Rings.
he also played a minor villain in The Proposition
And also the announcer and host of the old TV show “Deadliest Warrior”
He also helped Van Helsing
@@jonathanmitchell977 I knew I’ve heard that voice before!!
Devin reacting to 300 has to be my new spirit animal, the thrill of watching all the hype from the fighting
Also the whole speech mentioning, “Let every free Greek know, that here by Spartan law we lie”, there’s a song called Coat of Arms by Sabaton that basically describes the spirit of the Greek people, it may be from a WW2 related conflict but still badass nonetheless
Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.” - Heraclitus
The Immortals were called that because they always maintained the exact same number of soldiers so that, to the outside world, it appeared that they were, in fact, immortal. Their strongest weapon was their ruthless reputation and they played it to the hilt.
And thus, this film brought us my girl Lena Headey as Queen Gorgo. “Come back with your shield-or on it.” The Spartan women were just as tough as their men, and were battle ready when necessary. I love ancient history and I saw “300” three times in one weekend; prescreen then two more times I paid! The cheer was SO loud during the first battle scene! The mood and atmosphere each time was amazing!!!!! I had to buy the DVD more than once because I played it out!
Love it. The "This is Sparta", and when the queen runs the crooked senator through are my favorite parts
The end speech is one of my favorite parts. The Spartans knew that even though the 300 died, they still dealt a huge blow to Xerxes's army. Intead of shouting "to the death", he shouted "TO VICTORY!", like they just knew.
Took my Girlfriend to see this Movie in the Theatre and then got Laid like Crazy later that Night.
I never figured out why though.
She was thinking about all the abs she saw in the movie!
Same bruh
same. And very strange that this was somehow common???
Oh shit this comment is funny.
😂😂😂 It was the savagery and testosterone that she felt from the movie. She saw all alpha men, you must be ALPHA BRUH💪💪
The thing is despite Spartans being trained as fearsome warriors from a very early age, Before battle they always had their hair done perfectly so that when they met their ancestors they’d look good in the expectation that they would most likely die in battle with honour and look good doing it, The Spartans were greatly feared and were the greatest warriors of that time and utterly fearless in battle.
When this movie came out, I was in high school and I haven't seen it in a while and to hear that war cry still gives me chills. But learning about soldiers in history and battles, they was built different. This movie is iconic!
This brings back memories... back in 2005 I was the creator of the armours, my team and I made over 500 sets of armours at different stages of distress, we also created the spear tips and shield template... Boy those were the days I taught I would be a famous armourer...lol, loved your reaction as always keep it up sir!
Well done to you and your team, Vig, m8 . . . And just remember one thing, which is that without the props there to be used, no film can ever be good! And this film was frigging well amazing on nearly all counts!!!! So a thumbs up to you and your team from me just for that alone . . . By the way, did you also work on the sequel, too - Rise of an Empire? - if so, then well done again . . .
The Spartan queen is the same actress that plays Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones and MaMa in Dredd
300 and Dredd are my adrenaline junky movies.
@@bribriarwhitey7781 Fury Road
The fascinating thing about this film for me is the fact that every shot looks like a painting at all times. A picture created by a master with brush and paint. A picture as you would expect in a church or a temple. This is a very special kind of art and in combination with the epic music it results in something wonderful. I only know a few films that have achieved something like this.
I'm rocking with you Devin!
Let's go! 🔥 Girls like 300 too! 🤣
💪💪💪 Let's roll!!
I got laid after me and my girl went to see 300. I have no idea why. 🤷♂️
The cool part, the best lines in this movie is the actual quotes from the Spartans.
I recommend Last of the Mohicans, and Dances with Wolves.
This has been one of my favorite movies since the day it came out. I lost count how many times I've watched it.
as over the top as this movie is, some of the depictions of the spartans were actually accurate, they were masters of one liners, the persian emmisary actually did ask them to lay down their weapons and leonidas actually responded "molon labe" which is greek for "come and get them, another king said that if they invade sparta that everyone will die and they replied "if"
"Well, you had to say it."
"What?"
"... Fight in the shade!"
Maniacal laughing ensues.
Madlads
@9:35,
Persian: "Our arrows will blot out the Sun."
Dienekes: "Then we will fight in the shade."
You'll see this fancy phrase called "Laconic wit" in some writing. 'Laconic' literally means pertaining to Sparta, and the phrase, "Laconic wit", comes from this badass line.
Spartans, as part of their training, practices pushing down full trees with their shields. It would prepare them for potential charges like in 11:20
It wasn’t shown very well here, but in their phalanx you couldn’t escape being hit. One would aim their spear low and have their shield high, the one next to him would have his shield low and his spear high. If you blocked a spear another would hit your unprotected side. It was ingenious, especially in a tight corridor like that. There’s so much more that can be analyzed but I’ll leave it at that for now : )
Immortals were a thing, and they generally put their enemies at unease. In war, you give war cries, you grunt, you make noises of effort, you yell. Immortals were completely silent, unnerving.
A real woman's too💪🏽I love this movie!! "I brought more soldiers than you"👊🏽
“Only Spartan women give birth to real men.” My favorite line in the movie
@@callapratt7927 Big facts!
Your typo changed the whole meaning significantly...
Leonidas brought soldiers.... Xerxes bought soldiers.
@@Mr.Ekshin Thanks fixed it.
Absolutely!! I think the women were just a Beast as the Men if not more
"Spartans! Lay down your weapons!"
(Spears the messenger)
"Persians! Come and get them!"
When a Spartan Warrior was leaving Sparta to firgh a battle, hiw wife would tell him to return carrying his shield or on it, meanhng wither return victorious or dead.
In Greek the word for "Nightmare " is " Ephialtes " . I think you can imagine from whom was named like that ...2500 years after the battle and still his name is carried though the history as something very bad and unpleasent.
There are very few in all of history who are shamed so. The ultimate punishment, to have your name cursed for millenniums
This was dope! I loved this movie. The Spartans were elite weren’t they? I love Gerard Butler- he plays in a lot of war/action movies. The woman who played the queen was Queen Cersei in Game of Thrones. Our arrows will blot out the sun, then we will fight in the shade! Excellent quote. And, this won’t be over quickly, said the queen as she was stabbing the traitor.
“I need to man up some more…”
WE ALL DO. This world needs it!
Some do need to keep in mind this is an adaptation of a graphic novel not the history itself. There is also the perspective of who is telling the story. There are going to be wild and fanciful bits. This movie despite its inaccuracies is one that I will probably be fond of for a long time.
It is the last movie me and my late father went to see in the theater.
A King, on the Frontline Fighting alongside his Men.
A True Leader.
We should expect the Same Today
"Give them nothing! But take from them everything!" Simply awesome.
I know the mutant guy was just added for the movie, but if Leonidas would of just had him fight with those berserker guys they would of been fine. Could of even made him the leader of that squad like a special spartan mission
If you liked 300, you’ll LOVE Troy. It has Brad Pitt in it and he’s badass
Love troy
"There are no pacts between lions and men." - Achilles (from the movie Troy)
It’s rumored, according to Sylvester Stalone, Brad Pitt took HGH to put on 25 lbs of muscle.
Troy kicks ass i see it as "The other 300 movie."
Personally I think Troy is very mediocre.
But I know my Homer, that's why I was biased towards a story adaptation that leaves out all divine intervention.
Herodotus reports that just before the Battle of Thermoplyae, 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."
Spartans lay down your weapons!!! Persians come and get them......Hell yeah. I actually yelled in the theater when he said thay.
Another I learned about this movie: The narrator was a spartan called Aristodemus. Him and another spartan called Eurytus were suffering from "eye disease" and were excused from the fight and sent home by Leonidas. Eurytus who was now blind, put his armor back on and demanded that he be lead back into battle by a helot where he died in combat. Aristodemus on the other hand was deemed a coward and was constantly humiliated (probably because a blind spartan chose to die in combat, while he still went home). At the Battle of Plataea, Aristodemus broke formation and fought like a suicidal berserker. He died having redeemed his name.
14 years later and I still love this movie
The spartans loved the old people during an olympics game an old man went to the athenians to find a seat they laughed and cursed at him then he went to the spartans side the athenians were laughing like if you think we are bad theyre worse every spartan stood up because they were raised to die in battle to live to the point of old age was rare
@Devin G In Ancient Sparta the women were actually really well respected for the most part because they were the mothers of the warriors, so even though they weren't seen as the same as men they were definitely treated with respect , especially the queen would've been seen as an equal :) A lot of the things Gorgo says in this movie (or in general the Spartans) are actually quotes from primary sources like Herodotus or Plutarch :p
I think my favorite thing about the Spartan at Thermopoly is the inscription on their ancient memorial to the battle.
"Go tell the Spartans, Stranger passing by, here, the obedient lie"
Has a shit ton of interpretations but I like to think it simply means, "We honored our nation/city-state, and died in it's defence"
I prefer "That here, by Spartan Law, we lie" personally
I've never seen you so happy reacting to a movie EVER and that brings joy to my heart! This is one of my favorite movies of all time even with its drawbacks and SO HAPPY you enjoyed it. I know you do a lot of military reactions but you may also like Sin City or Watchmen if you like this style of cinema... the sequel to 300 is good but not as good as this one. I could name others with the 'ride or die' themes like Boondock Saints or The Magnificent 7...etc
Bro your reaction almost as hype as the damn movie I love this shit 🤣🤣
Right!?? Watching him watch stuff is never disappointing. It's always entertaining and sincere.
This request a lil different... "The Watchmen"😊
That ending speech always gets me. What an amazing movie, one of the best made in the last couple of years.
"I find motivation in the smallest things" big ups from Texas bro.. heart-felt !
The real numbers were 7000 greeks vs 70-300k persians. The spartans brought 300 of their elite troops tho
Molon labe.
When Xerxes demand the Spartans give up their weapons, Leonidas responded, “Come and take them.”
In The Last Samurai, Tom Cruise's character Nathan Algren describes and references this historical battle/events to Katsumoto (Ken Watanabe). So yes, all of this really was remembered for a long long time. ;)
The Spartan's had incredibly complex systems of government thats not entirely show in this movie (obviously it would probably be quite boring) but they had 2 kings, and in times like this, one king would lead the battle and another would hold things down at home. If youre interested, I would recommend looking up some videos on the history of the Spartans. Not sure if reactions on this sort of thing is your style but atleast I'd be interested :)
One of my favourite historians did a documentary series on this very topic - th-cam.com/video/mTjeQUsqelo/w-d-xo.html
I knew you’d be hyped with this movie. Spartans are the best soldiers in history.
In a sea of clownish reaction TH-camrs it's nice to find an island of calm intelligence. Great channel! Will be subscribed as long as you make content.
As for the movie, I still remember seeing it in theatres. Had never seen anything like it - completely blown away. It's about as historically accurate as middle school fan fiction, but grade A entertainment nonetheless.
What gets me about this movie is a lot of those spartan lines were actual historical lines said by the Spartans. Those guys were killers in mind and body. Everyone knew about them at the time.
After the betrayal of Ephialtes, the name "Ephialtes" received a lasting stigma,it came to mean "nightmare"(Εφιαλτης) in the Greek language and to symbolize the archetypal traitor in Greek culture.
That's why I love the US and countries who have volunteers against a country that enforces military service. Our people volunteered to be the best and kick the shit out of people. Our SF are feared around the world because these savages volunteered for this life over an easy one. All respect right there.
Keep that shit up , I love your content and you deserve all the clout you get 👌🏻
The real history behind this battle and the Spartans is just as crazy as the film !
I saw this movie in IMAX when it came out. That experience will be with me for the rest of my life! This and Pulp Fiction are in my top 5!
I have a hard time believing Devin's never seen this movie before this video. Don't care though I just want to see him react to it because this movie gets everyone hyped.
"I need to man up some more." Lmao!
"You aint killin, you ain't gettin ass!" - There is the t-shirt design for you now XD
Devin pulling all these awesome movies one after another, you're on a mission dude! 🤘😁🤘
I love this movie so much. It was the first movie I watched in HD on my first flat screen big ass tv. And it ozzed testerone, it made me want to step my game up.
Just subscribed because your reaction felt like when I first saw it. "That's a aggressive ass horse " 😂
I loved the " what is ur profession" speech.. it's dope
I saw this in the theater with my dad, when I was 14. great bonding experience.
Zack Snyder who directed this movie has also directed a "super hero" movie called Watchmen that I absolutely LOVE. Sick fighting and just all in all greatly made. I think you'd love it.
great film even better reaction bro the Spartans were like the special forces of the ancient world real men tough as nails
Once I saw you reacting Troy and this movie, I knew I HAD to see your reaction. I saw this movie with my whole class after our final exam of high school senior year, and I went to an all boys high school. Needless to say, with this and the fact with had CAT training for senior year, it was the movie that resonated through the summer. 😂
SPARTANS, WHAT IS YOUR OCCUPATION?!
AAHOOO AHOOOO AHOOOO
To be slave owners and destroy any slave uprising
You'd dig the Mission: Impossible movies. Especially the later ones, some real deep shit in there. Also, the action is dope as fuck
Dev! My dude WHAT do I gotta pay to have you react to “Troy”!?!? Oh man you would LOVE IT!!
When Phillip II the father of Alexander the Great was invading most of Greece and capturing the Greek city-states one after another he asked Sparta if he should come as a friend or as a foe.
The Spartans replied "Neither."
He then sent an ultimatum to Sparta warning them to yield saying "If I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people and raze your city,"
The Spartans replied with a single word. "If."
You forgot to end the story:
Philip II never invaded Sparta.
@@DaemonKeido Thanks ! Sorry I forgot to do that. I was like the Devil in the original version of BEDAZZLED where he's tearing out the last twenty pages from novels. :D
@@DaemonKeido thing is there was little to gain from sparta and sparta would of been destroyed at that timr
One of the best movies ever.. Spartans were savages bred for war…. Imagine the courage it would take to stand on a battlefield knowing your arm or head could be cut off or you could have a sword stuck through your throat…. those shields were heavy too that took skill and strength….
One of the first things I learnt from my Latin and history teacher was “in Sparta the men are the city walls”
Xerxes looked fabulous dahling. LOL
"I need to man up some more! I need to man up some more, dog!" : D
Phalanx formation, was the most effective infantry formation until the Roman Legionaries became a thing
This is based a true story!
This really did happen!
*300* *This Is Sparta!!!!*
Bro just found your channel im binge watching you. Love the vids. Do your thing man.
*SPARTANSSS, WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION!?!?!*
Spartans are the reason why militaries use music instruments to time marches. That's how they trained for their phalanx, some form of pans pipes and repetition of drills.
We have a beautiful statue of Leonidas at Thermopylae :) You should visit us in Greece some day 👌❤
gotta say, your movie selection is pure gold
The actor who plays the captain in 300 was also the captain of the myridons in Troy, Vincent Reagan
what you were talking around the 25:05 marker it's historically accurate imo. The real Leonidas decided to stay behind with his hoplites to protect the other greek's retreat at the "Hot Gates". I once heard or read (can't remember exactly where) that the decision Leonidas made to sacrifice themselves for the other Greeks ended up molding our whole western life. Greek nations didn't fall to Persia. they won the war, ended up gathering and Democracy was born in the resulting civilization...all that thanks to Leonidas' 300 Hoplites sacrifice in the battle of Thermopylae.
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I meant that Leonidas must have been someone who actually thought about a greater good for his people even if "his people" were other greek city-states
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