The Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC) is one of the most famous last stands in history. However, the Spartans did not march to ...

If it's the Battle of Thermopylae that caught the premier's admiration, he should note that the Spartans all died - and the ...

Led by their king, Leonidas, the Spartans knew they were marching to their death from the moment they left home. A force of 300 against a legendary army of millions, the Spartans knew that whatever ...

300 is still considered by many to be Zack Snyder's greatest movie (in close contention with Watchmen). The bloody historical action film depicts the battle between 300 Spartan soldiers and the ...

At 80, Spartan king Agesilaus led victories in Egypt, outwitting armies with strategy, earning gold, and defying age.

Wholesale human slaughter never looked so pretty as in this heavily stylized rendering of the battle of Thermopylae in ancient Greece. Under roiling skies, a small band of gruff, buff and bloodthirsty ...

March 14, 2007 — -- The leader of the most powerful empire in the world invades a small country to avenge his father's failure to do so years ago. His army is relentlessly attacked by a proud ...

"300," the tremendously violent film that smashed box-office records this spring, was shown Thursday night in a packed Salomon 001 to an audience that included both students and other members of the ...