The Battle of Thermopylae 480 BC: Truth, 300, Propaganda

🌎 Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code "sandrhoman" at checkout. Download the Saily app or go to https://saily.com/sandrhoman ⛵ In the summer of 480 BC, a Persian army marched toward Greece. According to the ancient historian Herodotus, the army was so enormous that its footsteps shook the ground, and its thirsty soldiers turned rivers into sad rivulets. In late summer, the Persians approached the pass of Thermopylae at the Malian Gulf. There, the Spartan king Leonidas awaited them with several thousand soldiers, determined to block their way to Greece. The Battle of Thermopylae has become one of the most famous events of antiquity through politics and pop culture—most notably Zack Snyder’s movie 300. The story is epic and gripping but also highly dramatized and overdrawn. This video examines the accuracy of the popular story and explores what really happened at Thermopylae. Check out our Amazon Storefront for all sorts of military history, military SIFI and military fantasy books that we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/sandrhoma... Patreon (thank you):   / sandrhomanhistory   Paypal (thank you: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/SandR... Twitter:   / sandrhoman   Bibliography: Cartledge, Paul, Thermopylae : the battle that changed the world, London 2007. Macan, Reginald Walter. “Herodotus: The Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Books with Introduction and Commentary: Commentary on Herodotus, Histories, Book 7, Chapter 228”. The Perseus Digital Library (Tufts University). pp. section 8. Retrieved October 18, 2007). Morris, Ian; Scheidel, Walter (2009). The Dynamics of Ancient Empires: State Power from Assyria to Byzantium. Oxford University Press. S. 77.