saw the trailer a few weeks ago
also read the book i love the spartans and reading about battles from that time period.. pity there arnt many modern film about them =(
those 300 Spartans 700 Thespians caused 20,000-50,000 persian casualties before dying
"Ctesias claims that the first 10,000 Persians killed only two or three Greeks"
"After their spears broke, the Spartans and Thespians kept fighting with their
xiphos (short swords), and after those broke, they were said to have fought with their bare hands, teeth and nails."
musta been one hell of a f**king battle, gotta have some balls to stand against 1,000,000-4,000,000 troops (numbers seem to deviate between historical sources) having said which they were trained from birth till 20 to be emotionless killing machines, death in battle was an honour not somthing to be feared
the thespians also dont get as much credit as i think they deserve.. for the spartans battle was thier life but the thespians who stayed were citizens who could have easily left but they stayed to fight alongside the spartans