@@ThirdWorldReactions according to ancient historians the numbers of the greek forces were 300 spartans and around 7K Greeks from nearby cities against more than 300K Persians
Facts: 1. King Leonidas was around 60 years old when he fought this battle..!! 🔥⚔ 2. Efialtis (Εφιάλτης) (The traitor who told Persians the secret passage), actually means "Nightmare" in Greek 3. The phrases below, were actually told by Spartans in that battle a) Get back with your shield, or on it. (᾿Ή τὰν ἢ ἐπὶ τᾶς) b) Then we will fight in the shade. c) Come and get them. (Μολὼν λαβέ)
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The battle did take place. The Persians were held back for a while. As I understood, the 300 were supported by 1200/1600 other Greeks. My wife is Greek, we passed that area several times, but the sea is far away. So the sea scenes seem impossible. Probably it was in between 2 mountainsides, not a mountaincliff and the sea. The Spartan baby story is not true, no bones ever were found there, like that. The hole in de ground same story. The Sparta (Sparti) area is beautiful also. To see the actual spears and damaged shields, is nice. Last, the Spartans were stronger than Athens on land, but Athens was stronger at sea.
Wow... Great to know... so Sparta was a land power but Athens was powerful at sea.. Great to know.... So there was no dumping site for Spartan kids who were not strong enough?
@@ThirdWorldReactionsThe comment made above about the location of the battle being between two mountains and not at Thermopolae is not correct. Thermopolae (the hot gate) is no longer at the edge of the sea due to tectonic activity. This area of Greece is highly volcanic and over many centuries certain areas have risen out of the sea while other have subsided into it. I just thought you should know. I thoroughly enjoyed your reaction and look forward to more. Cheers from Missouri, USA!
@@Solargeek Ok, have you been there? Even the Greeks aren't sure completely which pass it was. I didn't say between 2 mountains. Read better. And the water would be closer by, not further away, as ice melted.
@@dennishendrikx3228you clearly do not understand tectonic movements due to volcanic activity, it is a fact the sea used to be nearby, but tectonic plate shifting created more land
@@MaybeTaylor_ Yes, tectonic plates, imposseble to understand. You think because its the Hot Gates, obviously then every thing is Tectonic plates. The sea couldnt have been right next the pass, where they push the first attack over the cliff. Its just too far. It was more like the first scenes when the Persians arrived all the way down. Melting ice goes above tectonic movement, 100%.
Did you watch this movie just because Nathan Algren mentioned the story of the 300 Spartans and the battle of Thermopylae in the Last Samurai? 😂 Either way, love your 2 reactions so far. Both you and your dad are very knowledgeable about the history and culture of the countries in those movies and it really makes you appreciate the movie and reaction even more.
Not really... we watched the movie because of reviews... but now that you mentioned it. He did mention the Spartans in the last battle... Wonderful.... We try to know our history by reading alot... Hope you like, subscribe, and share
Athens, by blind luck, just happened to be built directly on top of a rich silver vein. The Athenians quickly found themselves very wealthy. As long as the maintained a strong enough navy to protect their supply lines, they could buy all the grain they needed from Crimea. Not farming much themselves, this translated into a lot of free time on their hands. Which gave them the time to build schools. And attend them. This would make Greece, especially Athens, the envy of the Ancient World.
@@ThirdWorldReactions I think anything that can showcase your knowledge would be best. It doesn't have to be fixed and I find variety good for the thought train.
Ending scene August 479 bc is the batle of Plataia spartan Pausanias was the leader and he raised a big army against the persian and even though the big army was still outnumbered he crashed the persian army.That victory was combined with the victory of the naval batle of Mycale which Leotychides the spartan comander of the Greek fleet crashed the Persian navy and after those 2 battles the Greeks passed from defence to Offence and the war kept going for 30 years in Thermopylae today exist the monument statue of king Leonidas
11:55 Im not 100% but i believe the African tribes didn't use bladed weapons. More accustomed to club and spear. The shield becomes less about pure protection and more about deflection. There was no differential between hunting and war bows to my knowledge. African warriors prefer light to no armour, they trade off for speed and timing.
Yes... African warriors preferred mobility and speed than actual defence.. thus no steel shield.. which honestly were way superior... We used blade weapons as well as spears... knifes and swords... they are still common to this day... None the less... the tactics of the Spartans, Greeks, and Persians are amazing 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿.
@@ThirdWorldReactions I've never seen an African sword before. Funnily enough these tactics led to the destruction of Sparta in the end. They tried this tactic against the Athenians and the Athenians wouldn't attack them, they forced the Spartans to come to them.
Their were some African tribes and people's who used swords, but they were in the North or East. The "Shotel" sword of Sudan, was used against Egyptians in the ancient world.
Socrates taught Plato. Plato taught Aristotle. I remember it by S-P-A. And Aristotle of course, taught Alexander. But he was neither Greek, nor a philosopher.
Yes, this is based on a real event, but the numbers are exaggerated. The Spartans had between 500 and 1,000 Spartans and 2,000 to 3,000 hoplite slaves. Unfortunately, they did all the farm work, crop growing, and much more. Also, Leonidas was an old man; he was in his 60s when this happened. They lasted 3 days and killed in the range of 40,000 to 50,000 Persians. A reasonable number wasn't a million, but more likely 100,000 to 150,000 Persians. They lost this battle, but at Marathon, the Athenians avenged Leonidas in their naval warfare against the Persians and hard fighting. Eventually, the Spartans got their own revenge too.
Wow. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. We learn so much from people in the comments who are more informed about the topic. Nonetheless, 1000 Spartans taking on 40-50k Persian soldiers is a totally amazing. Their names and tale will be remembered 1000 years from now. If we make it that far that is.
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Thank you so much for your kind words. You are right, we should always cherish our loved ones no matter how busy we may be. They are the most valuable things in our lives. Sad that most times we don't notice or realize that till they are gone.
