is a film about the Battle of Thermopylae. Dictated by a Spartan soldier‚ Dilios‚ the film begins by telling the story of King Leonidas’ childhood. The story skips ahead to his kingship‚ where messengers from the Persian godking Xerxes threaten the Spartans and demand their surrender. Leonidas refuses‚ and attempts to take the Spartan army to meet Xerxes’ forces. However‚ the senate denies his request so Leonidas is forced to take only 300 soldiers to fight Xerxes’ army of over 200‚000. The Spartan army makes a stand at the Hot Gates so that the vast
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leader(s). if the incident involves two individuals or a group making a decision‚ leadership behaviour by different individuals can be identified. Incident I Though military activity was forbidden by Spartan law during the Carneia festival‚ King Leonidas decides to prepare for war with Xerxes before the Persian king and his troops could advance to Sparta. He knew that he would not get the support of the politicians to get the bigger Greek army to follow him. Therefore he chose 300 Spartans who had
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the character of Leonidas‚ while Carmen Electra interprets Gorgo. Ancient Sparta consisted of a strong unified city-state led by a powerful military. Young boys like Leonidas were put through a brutal and excruciating martial training. King Leonidas earned the reputation of the bravest and strongest man in Sparta‚ but the movie portrays a different individual. The kissing‚ hugging‚ and touching of body parts characterizes the ancient Spartans as homosexuals while labeling Leonidas as “Mr. warmongering
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Themistocles and Leonidas‚ the effective Greek strategy and the cooperation of all the Greek city states to unite against a common threat. Ancient historians such as Aeschylus in his play ‘The Persians’ and Herodotus attribute the Greek victory to the so called ‘hubris’ or extreme confidence and arrogance showed by Xerxes. All these reasons played a crucial role in the Greek victory over the Persians in the Second Persian War. The leadership showed by men such as Themistocles and Leonidas had a significant
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the cinematography makes 300 the greatest movie to ever hit the big screen. The Story and its underlying message of 300 is the first aspect that really catches the viewer. 300 is told by the narrator‚ Dilios‚ who was sent back from battle by King Leonidas to relay the word of what the king and his 300 men endured in the Battle of Themopuylae. While 300 is not 100% historically accurate‚ the deeper message of the story is appealing to all audiences. In the forefront‚ 300 is about the Battle of Themopylae
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The Battle of thermopylae was an important battle for both the persian and greek army‚ the leader of the persian fleet was Xerxes whose army was far more larger than King Leonidas‚ leader of the Greek army‚ but Leonidas was a far more tactical and smarter war general than Xerxes. There are many topics that you can cover when trying to figure out who was the more superior war general. Army Sizes is one of them. The Greek army consisted of the 300 spartan warriors who were highly trained throughout
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Gates Of Fire Book Report Title: Gates Of Fire LCpl Yaccarine A. Jared Author: Steven Pressfield Publisher: Turtleback Books Published: 1999 This book is about the Spartans warrior culture and how it ties into the Marine Corps values‚ and the present day warrior culture of our Marine Corps. My opinion on this book is that it is a great and interesting read that captures the attention of the reader and ties in ideally to our Marine Corps values. It depicts perfectly on what it is to be a
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They are both based upon a one of the most famous battles in the Persian Wars (492 - 449 BC)‚ The Battle of Thermopylae. The Battle of Thermopylae goes down in history for being one of the most heroic feats of bravery in any war. The Spartan King Leonidas led 300 Spartan warriors in a fight to block the Persian Army from passing into Greece through a two meter wide pass through the mountains of Thermopylae. The Persian army that vastly outnumbered the Spartans was beat back for two days and during
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the Dominican Republic‚ Trujillo is a living god to the children and the adults as well. In the Time of the Butterflies‚ Patria‚ as a child‚ accepts Trujillo‚ but sees God as the only god present. Yet as the novel progresses‚ similarities between the two are shown‚ especially with the use of their power. Even though this confuses Patria‚ a new faith in motherhood forms controlling both of Patria’s faiths. Julia Alvarez shows that despite how Patria treats God and Trujillo in the different manner
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Persian emissaries’ request to surrender to Xerxes. In Sparta‚ King Leonidas meets with the local oracle‚ who gives him two options: Either a Spartan king will have to be sacrificed‚ or Sparta will be burned to the ground. A year earlier (481 BC) a Panhellenic consortium of all southern city-states had already recognized the superiority of the Spartan army (the best organized and trained army at the time) and had declared King Leonidas as supreme commander of the combined Hellenic army. The decision
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