Yes. While succeeding in battle, a traitor led the Persians to a secret passage behind the Spartans, in my opinion killing the worlds greatest soldiers.
The Famous 300 Spartans were killed defending a pass called Thermopylae in 480 B.C. ( Thur-mop-oh-lee).
Three hundred Spartans died defending the Pass of Thermopylae, also known as The Hot Gates. After the battle was over, the Persians gained control of Boeotia.
The Battle of Thermopylae is the historical name for the battle where the 300 Spartans fought.
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Spartans are usually trained since childhood.
Not a million, the actual number of the Persians is estimated to be about Seventy thousand to three hundred thousand. Also, there wasn't only 300 Spartans. There was Thespians, Arcadians, Corinthians, Phocans, and other Greeks, the total Greek force was about Five thousand, or around there. Only 300 of those Greeks were Spartans, however.
Persians.
The 300 Spartans.
300 Spartans heavy infantry and 2,100 light infantry.
Actually, Meet The Spartans is a spoof movie, so it is making fun of the movie 300, with a few parts from different movies. But technically, the first Meet The Spartans was 300.
The Battle of Thermopylae .(the 300 Spartans were part of a 7,000-strong Greek force which held the pass).The Battle of Thermopylae.It was not just 300 Spartans, it was a force of about 7,000 from several Greek cities.
King Leonidus was the ruler of the Spartans. He fought in the battle between the 300 Spartans and the Persians