If You Liked the "300" Movie, Read These History Books!

If you liked the movie 300, you should read these 5 history books about the Battle of Thermopylae, the Spartans, and the Persians! Book List (available in my storefront!): Persian Fire by Tom Holland The Histories by Herodotus (Tom Holland translation) Persians by Lloyd Llewellan-Jones From Cyrus to Alexander by Pierre Briant The Spartans by Paul Cartledge 0:00 Intro 0:44 The History of 300 3:23 Persian Fire 3:57 Herodotus 4:59 Accuracy in Movies 6:35 Persians 7:13 From Cyrus to Alexander 7:55 Spartans Join our Patreon community of book-reading Sickos:   / kistreadsbooks   Check out my wife's homemade bookmarks: https://kiststudio.etsy.com Follow my other efforts across various platforms: https://linktr.ee/michaelkist #historybooks #historybuff #ancientgreece #ancientpersia #300movie #booktube