SABATON - Sparta (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO) 

Imagine being a Spartan during the Battle of Thermopylae and learning that almost 2500 years later people still sing songs about you

The Spartans defined "You shall not pass" to the extreme.

As a soldier serving in the Greek Special Forces, its an honor to listen to this song. From Athens,Greece, we salute you!

>Polish subtitles >Greek historic music >English lyrics >Swedish musicians Sabaton in a nutshell

"Our city walls are our shields and our borders are determined by our spears." -Spartan Proverb

Fun Fact: The actual King Leonidas was 60 years old at the time of the Battle Of Thermopylae, but he still fought on the front lines with his men. Despite his older age, he was still in great shape, and was still a formidable fighter, likely due to that Spartan training.

-'Spartans, lay down your weapons' -'COME AND GET THEM!'

This is the song that Greek's listen to proudly Turks listen to silently And Persians listen to secretly

fun fact , the name ephialtes ( the traitor who showed the Persians the secret path ) , nowdays means nightmare in Greek .

So much metal, I could make Spartan armor....

Imagine being so badass that people write a song about a battle you """lost""", talking about how cool you are for basically willingly losing that battle.

Warning! This song will cause extreme testosterone boost and will cause giant muscles to appear even if your a old man or girl

You know what would've helped the spartans here? *THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVING*

for anyone who thinks they were quoting the movie 300 with "we fight in the shade" and "dine in hell" they weren't. Those are actual Spartan quotes. Spartan Rhetoric was badass.

"Οις Οιωνως βέλτιστος, αμύνεσθαι περί Πάτρις." -There is no better omen, than that of defending your Fatherland. Ancient Greek quote, still in use. Thanks Sabaton!

Persia: You can't beat me! I'm a powerful empire! Athens: I know but my brother can Persia: B...Brother? Sparta:

*History Sources:* School: 20% RU-vid Animated History: 40% Sabaton: 40%

If only the Winged Hussars arrived..

Respect to Greek warriors from Poland!

I am so proud to be Greek! And see that people appreciate our history! Awesome song!

Teacher: What is considered suicide Student: Fighting against spartans

Sabaton should make a song about the Battle of Marathon. Or Alexander the Great. Or maybe something about the Romans.

My small town in Sicily (in the province of Messina) was founded by the Spartans 2400 years ago. Legend says that it was founded by Agatirso, son of Aeolus. Happy to honor my Hellenic ancestry!

I know the Spartans thought they would be remembered for their stand but I wonder if they imagined they would be remembered for this long?

Listening to this song has the same effect as taking steroids.

THIS IS a very enjoyable song

Fun fact the name of the traitor "efialtes" Literally means nightmare in greek

Imagine being such a badass that thousands of years later people still respect you and sing of your glory

Greeks don't fight like Heroes, Heroes fight like Greeks

Water, Earth, Fire, Air. Long ago the four nations lived in harmony, then everything changed when *THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED*

Philip II of Macedon once said to sparta, “If I invade Lakonia you will be destroyed, never to rise again.” The Spartans sent a piece of parchment back with two letters scrawled on the back: "IF"

Spartans : "*GLORY AND DEATH*" Persians : "So you are willing to die for Sparta?" Spartans : "Who said anything about me dying?"

fun fact: Spartan training was so intense that actual war seemed child's play to them

Everytime i hear Sabaton i feel an urge to sail a Viking longship into war

Fun fact: The name Ephialtes nowdays means "nightmare". When you sleep and you see a nightmare, you will say "I saw an Ephialte"

Amazing song, amazing people, amazing country! Greetings form Serbia to our Greek brothers! 🇬🇷 🇷🇸

When the Iranian kid borrows your pencil and never gives it back.

When you find out you're 1% greek.

When i went to a Sabaton concert and this song started suddenly all the fans became spartans shouting "HOH HAH" some even began to hold spears and hoplons, and for some inexplicable reason the sky was darkened by arrows what a concert it was

"joined by their brothers, a few against the fateful hordes" damn, that is some good song writing.

What is your duty? "To serve the Emperor's will." What is the Emperor's will? "That we fight and die." What is death? "It is our duty." -Space Marine litany, aka the offbrand Spartans

My son is 3. He knows half the lyrics and all of the rhythm of this song. I've raised him on it. When he's in the mood, he just says "Daddy, I want Hoo Ha! I want Parta!" And when it's playint, he sings along and we chant "hoo ha!" Together. Thank you for the memories, Sabaton!

Eternal glory to Greece 🇬🇷 Greetings from Italy 🇮🇹

If you haven't, read Gates of Fire. It's a novel about the 300 fighting in Thermopylae. It really puts into perspective how brutal Spartan training is, honing not just the body but the mind for all manner of hardships. It's often considered mandatory reading for anyone joining the army because it stresses how every man and woman of Sparta so valued their freedom and country that they would rather die than submit to another nation. Despite their reputation, Spartans truly loved their nation and each other, which is why they willingly fought to the last man.

This live must be fucking incredible, especially in Greece. I can just imagine a crowd of thousands of Greeks yelling "SPARTA! HELLAS!" at the top of their lungs.

A little fact: Ephialtes means "nightmare" in modern Greek.. The more you know...

Salute from Greece 🇬🇷 and from the beautiful Sparta city

RECORDS OF RAGNAROK SPOILERS: This fucker is throwing hands with Apollo

Me: I promise I won't get political. 3 drinks later:

My son listened to this song. Now he is my father!

ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ FROM CYPRUS !

"Our arrows will block out the sun!" "then let us fight in shade"

I grew a Leonidas beard after listening to this... I'm a woman

*Trip to Greece Girls: Wow, the landscapes are so cool! It’s so beautiful! Boys: *This song

In 480BC, the Battle of Thermopylae took place in Ancient Greece. King Leonidas and a small number of soldiers - including 300 of his warriors from the state of Sparta - died making a brave last stand against an invading force of around 100,000 Persians.

I'm Persian. It's a good song, regardless of nationality and past wars.

ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ !!!

Normie: "This is blasphemy. This is madness!" Me: "Madness? THIS *IS* *_SABATON_* .

"Spartaaaaans? What is your profession?" Greetings from Greece! Καλησπέρα από Ελλάδα! Thanks for honoring the history of my country with this fantastic song

im from greece and i feel so honoured for all the huge things my ancestors achieved greece

70 persians disliked it

I'm a Greek and all I can say is : THANK YOU 😍.

The shield of civilization.

Imagine being one from 700 Thebans taht everyone forget about

“Una faccia una razza” we love you greek brothers 🇮🇹 🇬🇷 from ROMA AETERNA 🦅

when your friend says he hates Greek Yogurt

..!!!!! RUUUUuusssSss....👊👍

Must be the only band who say Hellas and not Greece.THANK YOU FOR RESPECT OUR NAME !

I can't even be angry at this song because of how awesome it is!

Madness? THIS! _IS!_ *_SPARTAAAAAA!_*

As a Greek, i would die beside them. To be Remembered through the ages

Greek soldiers are warming up on this song to fight against turks.

Alien 1: why can't we push any further? Alien 2: they're are 300 madlads in ancient-greek armor holding the entire frontline...

"For the sake of historical justice I am obliged to find that the adversaries who confronted us were particularly the Greek soldier who fought bravely and with the utmost contempt for death." - Adolf Hitler

I wish i could have stood with them, fought with them, and died with them

Περήφανος που ειμαι Ελλην 💙💙💙

i found my new history teacher

Persians: alright so a couple Spartan’s are holding the path at Thermopile, ha! This will be...why am I hearing boss music?

Imagine being a spartan looking front of you the tens of millions of Persians charging and all you have is a spear and a sword with 300 men you haven't got a chance i respect all 300 of them

Philip II of Macedon: "You are advised to submit without delay, for if I bring my army on your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people and raze your city." The Spartans: "If"

Girls's locker room: OMG i hate PE Boy's locker room:

I've already listened to this song a hundred times but, ok Nuclear Blast... Hundred more.

This is the best Sabaton song cause Spartans were the best warriors ever existed

Who ele thinks that king Leonidas is smiling in his grave every time someone plays this song

Sabaton is outdoing any other band at the moment.

This is great! Probably one of the strongest tracks from the new album!

Random Spartan: They will sing of our glory at this battle! Sabaton: Obliged

You have no idea how many tiny groups of warrior, trough history, inspired by the history of 300 have fought against an army 10 times greater than them. Greece bringed civilization , glory and honor. We witnessed it.

When your heavy metal music video is more accurate than a major Hollywood movie

🇬🇷Εἷς οἰωνὸς ἄριστος, ἀμύνεσθαι περὶ πάτρης🇬🇷

They never asked how many enemies there were, they just asked where they should go. They were truly fearless.

Once again another history lesson from sabaton

This song is I N C R E D I B I L I S

🖤💯💪

I am Greek and I feel proud for this 😌

Guys I am from Greece And I know some things about this fight. Even if Spartans knew that they were going to die that day the stayed and fought until no one of them was still alive. Spartans were one of the best in the Persia's War they stayed and fight a lot more soldiers than them and it was really heroic. They may not manage to win but they will always be remembered by people of older and younger genies. Ephialtes doesn't worth to be called as Hellenic or Spartan. Spartans created a strategy that would cyrcle Persians and hit them from everywhere but Ephialtes, a local disabled person knew the secret passages of the area and drove Perses on the Greeks/Spartans back. That's how Greeks/Spartans plan was destroyed. That's why the singers say that Know his name Know his shame Will last forever. you will all wonder why he did that. Its simple. Because of his disability he wasn't allowed to join the army and other politic things that made him angry and feel a about Greeks/Spartans. That's why he did what he did. After the war Spartans like the song says. One more things. Persia's king went in Leonidas and told him that he wouldn't kill any one of them if they gave the city to him. Leonidas a fantastic answer to him. It was in greek language and that was the thing that made Persian's angry.

I was about to have a test in math but *THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED*

As a greek , i have to admit that this song made me regret not paying attention at my history lessons when i was at school

Every time he yells SLAUGHTER PERSIANS i feel my beard growing faster and faster

SPARTANS! WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION?