In 480 BC, King Leonidas and the famous 300 Spartans stood with Greek allies at Thermopylae against the invading Persian ...

Before there was an Alamo – or an Agincourt, or an Iwo Jima – there was the Battle of Thermopylae, ancient Greece’s official entry in the “all-time great last stands” sweepstakes. From a numbers ...

Captain (Vincent Regan), Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and the Spartans stand ready to halt the advance of the Persian army in 300. For those wondering, director Zack Snyder’s 300 isn’t a remake of the ...

King Leonidas led a small force to block the largest army the world had ever seen. He knew the battle could not be won. Instead, it was meant to delay, inspire, and protect Greece. When betrayal ...

IF looks could kill, the Spartan warriors who spend most of “300” flexing their six-pack abs at the invading Persian army surely would have won the battle of Thermopylae. In defense of Greece, the 300 ...

Gerard Butler delivered one of his most memorable performances in 300. Playing the Spartan King Leonidas, he packed on a ton of muscle, did a bunch of shouting, and kicked a lot of butt. Butler had a ...

“300,” Frank Miller’s comic-book version of the story of the 300 Spartans who hurled themselves into battle against the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae, is likely to open on top of the box ...