Many of you may know of King Leonidas from 300, the bloody excellent film where he was portrayed by the rippling physique of Mr Gerard Butler. But did you know that Leonidas was in fact a real ...

Who is King Leonidas in Record of Ragnarok? King Leonidas, also known as Leonidas I, was the king of Sparta in the early fifth century BC. Besides being the leader of the city of Sparta, Leonidas ...

Leonidas, king of Sparta, commanded the ground forces at Thermopylae: 300 members of his royal Spartan bodyguard, called the hippeis —the subjects of countless books, movies, poems, and songs ...

Without the council's consent, and against the instructions of Sparta's mystical priests, King Leonidas leads 300 soldiers into battle against King Xerxes and his massive Persian army. While ...

In this 2006 adaptation of Frank Miller's historically inspired comic-book series, King Leonidas of Sparta and his army of 300 go on a jolly romp around Greece, slaying Persians in typical Zack ...

A seemingly drunk man did his best impression of Leonidas from hit movie 300, shouting, "This is Sparta" while allegedly stealing a bottle of vodka.

In August 480 B.C. the Spartan King Leonidas together with his most fierce warriors faced the Persian army. Outnumbered and against all the odds, geology helped in the last stand of the 300.

The myth of Sparta’s martial prowess owes much of its power to a storied feat of heroism accomplished by Leonidas, king of Sparta and hero of the celebrated Battle of Thermopylae (480 B.C.).