THIS IS SPARTA! A legendary story and a classic, fun movie. : r

Titans of Cinema: The Best Greek Mythology Movies - UpNext by Reelgood

TIL King Leonidas I of Sparta died today, September 19th, in 480BC. He was actually approximately 60 years old during the famed battle of Thermopylae against Xerxes' Persian Empire. : r/todayilearned

300 (film) - Wikipedia

Did anyone else love this film? Haven't seen it in years. Wore out my VHS copy a long time ago : r/scifi

Alexander (Two-Disc Special Edition) : Colin Farrell, Anthony Hopkins, Rosario Dawson, Angelina Jolie, David Bedella, Jessie Kamm, Val Kilmer, Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Connor Paolo, Patrick Carroll, Brian Blessed, Peter Williamson, Oliver Stone

On Sparta (Penguin Classics) by Plutarch

300 (2006) - IMDb

Reviews: Grendel - IMDb

300 (2006) - This Is Sparta! Scene (1/5)

TIL that the legendary Athenian herald Pheidippides ran 40 km from Marathon to Athens AFTER spending the previous two days running from Marathon to Sparta and back, a round-trip distance of 240

The Spartans: The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece by Paul Cartledge, eBook