“300” is a 2006 movie depicting the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae where 300 Spartans, defenders of King Leonidas, along with ...

And there is perhaps no better precedent for this archetype than one of the first such examples in recorded history: The Battle of Thermopylae. Perhaps better known today as “that battle from the ...

Thermopylae was in many ways an accidental battle. The Greek coalition had put together a strategy, joint land sea strategy of fighting the Persians. The question was where were they going to make ...

He only got the battle wrong. It was not Marathon, but Thermopylae, 10 years after Marathon, that kept him and the rest of the West out of the woods. And this, as he announces in the subtitle of his ...

The heroic last stand by 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae is the most famous incident from the Persians’ failed attempt to conquer Greece in 480 BC. The Persian king Xerxes had invaded ...

The once-in-a-lifetime journey continues for KTBS 3's Rick Rowe and his fellow travelers. They are making amazing memories as they explore Ancient Greece on their vacation with Collette.

The fan-favorite historical war epic dramatizes one of Ancient Greek history's most famous doomed missions - the Battle of ...

In the cinema, there have always been “films” and “movies.” One speaks to art, the other to pure lost-in- the-popcorn-moment excitement.To that latter list, add “300,” a movie movie, a ...

One of my favorite poems, “Thermopylae,” by Constantine Cavafy, commemorates the famous battle in which 300 Spartans and their allies stood their ground against the Persian army, which ...