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"300" is a must be seen movie. A very awesome movie with a blood splash everywhere and beautiful cinematography. The Heroic Epic in Greek era which tell the story of 300 spartans who defends theirs city of Thermophylae in a narrow cliff from Persians invader.  Comparing the movie with the real history, there were some interesting fact which didnt mention in the movie. That in the first day….the Spartans + 1000 Thespians (they were 1300, not only 300) killed +/- 10000 Persian light infantry. The second day (before Xerses knew that there were a back way to attack the Spartans), they killed thousands of immortals. Let say they killed 2000 immortal, So each Spartan killed +/- 7 immortals. It was really good since Immortals were persian elite unit. But the Spartans are the true warrior, they were perhaps the first nations who conduct a military service. As we know, from our world history  subject in junior high school. Sparta is well known Polis (City State)  for its military power and Athena is well known for its Philosopher,Art and Culture. Xerxes (The Persian king) appearance is not like in the movie which is more like an Egyptian, Xerxes is more arabic, since persian nowdays is Iraq and Iran teritory. He was more look like the general who asked Leonidas (The Spartans king) to threw away his spear, shield and to kneel down. And the North reinforcement under Admiral Mysticlis (Athens Navy General) finnaly manage to send back the Persians to their land. And the last fact we should know, the Persian invasion was set the city states into an allied.      

The Persian wars (492 - 449 BC) were sparked by a revolt of Greek colonies in Asia Minor and brought the Greek onto the stage of world history. Athens and Eretria sent a small fleet in support of the revolt, which the Persians emperors took as a pretext for launching two invasions of the Greek mainland. In 490 BC a Persian army under Darius I landed unopposed on the plain of Marathon; following an appeal to the Spartans, The Athenian led Greeks won a decisive victory. A larger second invasion ten year later, blunted by the valiant stand by the Spartans (300) and Thespians at Thermopylae (481 BC), ended with the crushing defeat of the Persian fleet at Salamis. Sporadic fighting between Greek alliances aand Persia continued for another 30 years, before the peace of Callas (449 BC) finally ended the hostilities. The suprising Greek triumph ensured the survival of Greek culture and political structures.

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