The Long Shadow of the Ancient Greek World

Thermopylae and the 300 Spartans (1x18)

: 01, 2009

The Persians sought revenge for their defeat at Marathon by invading Greece in 481 with a massive army and fleet led by the great king Xerxes. You focus on the famous battle at Thermopylae, where 300 Spartans led by Leonidas refused to surrender and were wiped out.