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. ... Who was King Leonidas, The Legendary King of Sparta.

Yes, King Leonidas from Record of Ragnarok truly reigned over Sparta in the early 400s BC. That whole story about the small troop of Spartans taking on thousands of Persians is no lie.

Leonidas ponders his reply during a long, tense pause, then draws his sword on the envoy. “This is Sparta !” he cries, as he kicks the Persian down a well to his death. The line has since ...

The rivalry between ancient Athens and Sparta is infamous—but they may ... The mortal sacrifice made by Spartan king Leonidas and his 300 elite troops at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C ...

In 480 B.C. a massive Persian army headed for Greece. King Leonidas, of the Greek city-state Sparta, assembled a small contingent of soldiers, compared to the horde of Persian invaders led by ...

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.

The hopeless but ultimately inspiring defense of their country by a band of 300 Spartan soldiers against an immense army of Persian invaders in 480 B.C. - known to history as the Battle of ...