Go tell the Spartans

[98COBRA#770]

I am thinking that the movie 300 is about the 300 spartans that stood there
ground against overwhelming odds.

Should make for a blood bath (I am not a gore fan but I like the story).


http://www.thatvideosite.com/video/4057

[exlude]

Lol, you are right. But this has been talked about quite a few times. It's about the Battle of Thermopylae. Here's a little bit I found on the actual numbers:

Actually, the numbers are more like 6000 vs. 300,000 or more. The number "300" is only famous because that was the number of Greek warriors actually from Sparta. But they had additional Greeks from other city-states, mostly Thespians and Phocians. The Persians also had to wade through a defense force before them which numbered about 1,000 of mostly volunteer units.

Historians of the time estimated about 2.5million combat troops in the region and double that for support. Most historians place it at or over 300,000 facing Persian troops. There are a few people who used to believe it couldn't have been more than 250,000 troops due to a lack of ground water support but that has been disproven. Some argue the number could have been closer to 1.8million combat troops including many contemporaries.

Quoted from another thread, so it's a bit out of context.

[98COBRA#770]

That's the battle alright.

[Mustangman_2000]

looks like a good movie from what you can see from the trailers.

[Casper]

Its nice to see a movie where homosexual men who like young boys are not portrayed as flaming queers but as heroes who saved the West.

But from the trailers and previews it looks like it may have way too many women love interests with starring roles. If I wanted to see hot babes I would go down the road, I want to see blood and gore.

[AL P]

Its nice to see a movie where homosexual men who like young boys are not portrayed as flaming queers but as heroes who saved the West.

The greeks were catholics?

[Casper]

The greeks were catholics?

Well, they eventually succumbed to Rome....