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The courage of the Spartan soldiers and their loyalty to Sparta is correctly shown in the movie. At the start of the movie it shows a Spartan spy who was captured by the Persians. A Persian soldier tells Xerxes that they have used all of their best torture techniques on the Spartan, but he still will not talk. While we do not know if this actually happened, it gives us insight to the loyalty that Spartans had. Spartans were renowned for being fearless soldiers that would fight until the death. In the movie they fought until the very last Spartan was killed. Death in battle was glorified in Spartan culture, while retreat was shameful. A Spartan who fled battle would have that held over them for the rest of their life. The reason why the Spartans
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