In around 480 BC at the battle of Thermopylae, the army of the city state of Sparta, held off the Persian army lead by Xerxes; said to possibly have as many as 2 million men. The Spartans only numbered 300.
@@maximusproliferus3633 I wasn't going off history or even claiming that is was historically accurate I was simply stating that those two lines show the difference between a boss and a leader and it just happens that Leonidas and xerxes were the ones saying the lines
@@maximusproliferus3633 Welcome to the wonderful world of Western revisionist history, make yourself comfortable and enjoy their bizarre propaganda disguised as gospel truth. T. An Egyptian.
This Xerxes, or Sexrex. Imagine if in real life he would have existed, but not as a King of an empire, but of 'his own.' When he was a kid, he got punched in his throat, and ever since he has such badass voice. (Lol just a fantasy.) He is super-ultra-mega rich and wealthy. Has many wives and friends. Sometimes with his best friends hangs out with prostitutes. Has a few kids. He has a huge house. Always; makes huge parties with huge tables with lots of food, and organizes feasts , and always invites everyone. He has very strong connections to the Hollywood, and local authorities. He has multiple real estates around the world. Also he has a bunker underneath his home, and a bit of weapons. He has a huge collection of stylish clothes and cars. His favourite thing is sex, money, and food. He cooks all the best food, and has sex 3 time a day. His little children already know all the swearing words, and he is super happy about it. Sometimes he would scream, swear, and take a pistol , and shoot, and yell words like : "I want to sink in this gold and chocolate forever!!! I will never be sick of my luxurious life!!!! " He is the biggest dog the world has ever seen- he pays women to do all kinds of plastic surgeries to make their bodies nearly perfect. Super cool SEXREX!
historically the persian empire would make offers to other nations to make them WANT to be a part of it. Give them freedoms of religion and culture, representatives in the government, etc. etc.
IDVoter No, not kinda right now...Iran is in the middle of Europe and Asia....they were allways at war and were not an island like, say England....they had wars with Rome, Mongolia Arabs, etc....hard to advance when you are always at war...
This movie's history is completely wrong, Xerxes had the strongest kingdom (Persia), and I am from Persia, and I am a history teacher. This movie is wrong about history, there was nothing about 300 at that period, and Xerxes wasn't like this.
Gay relationships where very common during this era woman where only for propagation only! Nothing more their was no word for gay or homosexual in this era either.... It's only since the introduction of Catholicism it was frowned upon
+jack johnson Thought the exact opposite. Xerxes acts like a Goa'uld. The way he carries himself and his voice. I half expected him to flash his eyes when he said: "My divine power"
@MoomooPro Pretty sure most historians and records from this time don't portray him this way. It's embellishment by Frank Miller and the film'a art team. Some history channels have really whined about how this film is so historically inaccurate this film depicts the Persians. But it rocks! 😄
Xerxes to Leonidas: "THE WORLD WILL NEVER KNOW YOU EXIST AT ALL" Meanehile generations later, Leonidas' history becomes soo legendary, its featured in movies, video games, animated series, comics, novels etc etc What a GOAT!
We all know that all of the historical action flicks are told loosely at best. But this one is a special case of being so inaccurate as to be an outright lie, on the level of Mel Gibson films such as Braveheart. William Wallace was neither noble nor valorous, just as Leonidas was neither plucky nor charismatic, and Xerxes was neither a coward nor a narcissist.
Seeing this in an IMax theater was so much better. Each footstep from Xerxes pounded with deep bass as he walked and deep low reverberation when he spoke. The sound reverberated through the entire theater. It really added to the experience of watching this movie. That sound wasn't replicated in the home versions.
Do they mix the sound differently for iMax releases? If not, all you need to replicate that effect is a good hometeather. And you may need to boost the bass up a bit. Then again, I have a decent setup here and his steps on this clip don't sound like they'd create that effect. So maybe the iMAX version was different, or the bass got crushed by RU-vid compression.
I like how Xerxes gradually breaks down as the conversation progresses, while Leonidas keeps his cool and shows that he isn’t fazed by Xerxes’ threats, AT ALL. This contrast is shown again in the end, where Leonidas keeps his cool while aiming his spear at Xerxes’ face, and facing his death with dignity, while Xerxes’ breaks down even more and is left speechless by Leonidas’ spear cutting his face.
@zeroinfinityzero no, he is implying their women are badasses. "Only Spartan women give birth to real men". Actually Spartan women had a lot more legal and social rights than most Greek women - they married by choice in their twenties, they had property and inheritance rights, and athleticism was promoted for good health.
I guess i understand why Iranians arent fan of it, despite it being funny. But then one see movies being inaccurate of history and then.. oh.. oh now i get why they dont like it. But its a guilty pleasure to watch this movie at times, its gold!
The script for this film falls from the lips of the actors like poetry. I can't get enough of this film. It makes me strangely feel like I am missing out on something in life that doesn't exist anymore.
How did they come up with that? Let us get a giant gay Brazilian to play Xerxes. Must have been good drugs. Oh yeah, the Greeks thought of Persians as feminine because they used to wear perfume and eat at a dinner table. But still don't get the Brazilian part.
Persia a century later: *gets conquered by a Greek teenager* Xerxes: *surprised Pikachu face* edit: oopsies, caused a history debate. Might have been political-ish but idk I don't wanna read
@@hagarvines7567 what do you mean "Medes Civilization"? Macedon conquered Persia. It split into three when Alexander died meaning: No, the Greek civilization was not gone and were still around until the Romans came. The Persians (unless you count the Parthians but I'm not definitive if they are counted as descendants of the Persians) did not really rebuild themselves.
@@herpyderpy2869 The Sassanids were the ruling dynasty long after their fall to Alexander, then fell to the Arabs The Persians got fucked again by the Mongols and then rebuilt its own empire in the 16th century called the Safavids If we're talking about their genetics then they're so mixed at this point
well, in fact, there is nothing remaining from Sparta but clichés. The city of Athen enlightened the world with philosophy, art, democracy... On a cultural aspect, this movie for dummies is the only thing we have.
He wasn’t considering anything as evidenced by his final words. The Spartans were hardcore but they still appreciated freedom. Bowing to a “god-king” was out of the question.
@Ardeshir persia was an exceptional civilization love them in civ 5. Dont know why iran constantly gets thrashed by Hollywood. It's become far too frequent and mean.
@@jsm530 After Persia became islamicized, the dark phase started. Before Khomeini Iran was a very liberal and free society. The people were great and then Islam happened and then women who walked in skirts got packed into bean bags and a lot of other things happened leading to what it's current state is.
@Donovan Aponte they had very good reasons to do it non greeks dont know shit about true greeks history the reason greece lost power was because athens
@@simonhumby323 greeks din not have any slaves the words meaning was diferent back then as many other words they got paid very good what you thing or read on toodays books was full of shit
Historically accurate, too. Spartans literally spent time coming up with one-liners and badass phrases. One story, is that a man asked a Spartan how far the borders of Sparta extended. The Spartan held his spear out at arms length and said "right there".
yes. Xerxes would abandon all his men in Afghanistan. LEonidas would have a planned orderly withdrawal for May 31, but Xerxes would abandon that plan and mess us the withdrawal.....
Its interesting point out that there is reason for this accent. playwrights at the time often portrayed Spartans w a somewhat different accent than other Greeks.
Leonidas: the world will know that freemen fought against a tyrant. Xerxes: hol' up. Didn't you own many slaves too? Hollywood: Xerxes, unfortunately for you this movie will not show it that way.
Yep. He is rich. Has many wives and friends. Sometimes hangs out with prostitutes. Has a few kids. He has a huge house and always makes huge parties, and tables for feasts , and invites everyone. He has connections to the Hollywood, and local authorities. He has multiple real estates around the world. Also he has a bunker underneath his home, and a bit of weapons. He has a huge collection of stylish clothes and cars. His favourite thing is sex and food. He cooks all the best food, and has sex 3 time a day. He pays women to do all kinds of plastic surgeries to make their bodies nearly perfect. Super cool SEXREX!
@@gc3k Yep. He is rich. Has many wives, and friends. Sometimes hangs out with prostitutes. Has a few kids. He has a huge house and always makes huge parties, and tables for feasts , and invites everyone. He has connections to the Hollywood, and local authorities. He has multiple real estates around the world. Also he has a bunker underneath his home, and a bit of weapons. He has a huge collection of stylish clothes and cars. His favourite thing is sex and food. He cooks all the best food, and has sex 3 time a day. He pays women to do all kinds of plastic surgeries to make their bodies nearly perfect. Super cool SEXREX!
@S S Yep. He is rich. Has many wives, and friends. Sometimes hangs out with prostitutes. Has a few kids. He has a huge house and always makes huge parties, and tables for feasts , and invites everyone. He has connections to the Hollywood, and local authorities. He has multiple real estates around the world. Also he has a bunker underneath his home, and a bit of weapons. He has a huge collection of stylish clothes and cars. His favourite thing is sex and food. He cooks all the best food, and has sex 3 time a day. He pays women to do all kinds of plastic surgeries to make their bodies nearly perfect. Super cool SEXREX!
I love how the camera changes to Leonidas' face when Xerxes says he has divine power. LOL Leo's like; "Oh great... A crazy guy, and he's touching me. I need to move."
It's crazy how they made his voice sound like he was from another world that voice was scary for me when I first saw it and then his skin was dark and his eyes were pitch black his character was inviting and scary at the same time one of the greatest movie of all time
The more intelligent Persians, (with superior technology and certainly quality of life) should have replied. "As a biological function of the human body, yes both you and I can bleed".
@@JR-ju3kj after watching this scene a few times over the years, I noticed that he realized Xerxes has archers defending him at all times. A true God would be immortal and therefore not need protection. This is why he knew he could bleed
The written history of the time is mainly based on what Greek historians wrote. While Persian wall carvings, many impressive, have survived, what Persian historians or archivists wrote has not.
Steve Kaczynski Persians had tentacles all over the East, parts of the South, in Africa, and even parts of Eastern Europe. If their version of history didn’t make it, it’s their own fault.
Despite all the scenes with spectacular action and gorgeous, this is my favorite. Xerxes comes on trying to project this unstoppable omnipotence, like he's already won... and it completely dissolves because Leonidas doesn't take him seriously at all, treats him like a joke. Xerxes is so equally self-obsessed and insecure that he can't even keep his composure in the face of disrespect, and is reduced to childish ranting and threats.
SocratesAth this stupid argument always comes up it’s not historical accurate. Really people don’t watch historical accuracy shows or movies. Case in fact how many people have seen the accurate version like on the History channel or something similar I bet not much. But you did watch this movie
In sparta it was common for Spartans to be homosexual as well because its dominance (as long as you weren't the one receiving, you were considered alpha)
As of Feb 27, 2022 this is basically where Russia and Ukraine are in relation to each other. Russia, unable to gain much ground in Ukraine in the face of stiff resistance, is being forced into acrimonious negotiations, with the Russians threatening to go nuclear and the Ukrainians standing tall against such a threat.
It’s so fascinating. They never taught us in school that a Scotsman and and Spaniard fought against each other in Ancient Greece. Thanks for nothing, history teachers.
Fun fact: The Persians didn't tend to use slave labour except with war prisoners. Wait, am I trying to point out historical inaccuracies in 300? Where am I? What am I doing?
@@cejannuzi no exactly, they had two slave cities and they use to get inside from time to time to make killings on them. Btw, eventually Sparta and Persia allied against Athens layer in this war Hahaha
@@ConnorLonergan That is the real reason only 300 Spartans were sent, the Spartans were afraid their slaves would revolt should the entire Spartan army go to Thermopylae, a year later there was an army of 10,000 that went to meet the Persians and defeated them.
The actor playing Xerxes actually makes a good performance, historically accurate or not. Well, why don’t everyone just accept this move comes from a graphic novel instead of history? You can go and watch a documentary or read a book.
This Xerxes, or Sexrex. Imagine if in real life he would have existed, but not as a King of an empire, but of 'his own.' When he was a kid, he got punched in his throat, and ever since he has such badass voice. (Lol just a fantasy.) He is super-ultra-mega rich and wealthy. Has many wives and friends. Sometimes with his best friends hangs out with prostitutes. Has a few kids. He has a huge house. Always; makes huge parties with huge tables with lots of food, and organizes feasts , and always invites everyone. He has very strong connections to the Hollywood, and local authorities. He has multiple real estates around the world. Also he has a bunker underneath his home, and a bit of weapons. He has a huge collection of stylish clothes and cars. His favourite thing is sex, money, and food. He cooks all the best food, and has sex 3 time a day. His little children already know all the swearing words, and he is super happy about it. Sometimes he would scream, swear, and take a pistol , and shoot, and yell words like : "I want to sink in this gold and chocolate forever!!! I will never be sick of my luxurious life!!!! " He is the biggest dog the world has ever seen- he pays women to do all kinds of plastic surgeries to make their bodies nearly perfect. Super cool SEXREX!
Jesus Saves Well, 1st you have the archers or bodyguards for Xerxes watching with their bows from above. One sleight hostile move from Leonidas would probably be fatal and without success regarding killing Xerxes before he is dead himself. 2nd, the meeting with Xerxes was Xerxes' wish to discuss the matter you hear in the video. Leonidas is a king himself and grants this so they can talk from one king to another. Kings in that era just don't do the slick-wayed kills to another king. Honor and dignity stops them. Especially if you consider the past between these two that just wouldn't make sense.
Halas Of The Darkness lmao . Well , I heard a ton of guy saying “be prepare to fight for dominance or be a b*tch. Or find one intimidating guy and be his. “ I just don’t want to find if all of this is the truth
Even if you go in and drop all your loot and weapons, Dagoth still smacks you around. The bell end. Sunder and keening can do one anyway stupid weapons. Give me a rusty dagger, I'll chop Dagoths stupid arms off.
@@KheraShanu I’ve seen game of thrones, and believe me, Leonidas and his 300 would destroy most of the characters in GOT all in exception with maybe the dragons.
"The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant. That few stood against many." This line makes me think of the brave people of Ukraine standing up against tyranny. Feb 25, 2022.
@@John.Flower.Productions Nope the vast majority of Ukrainians want the Russians out of their territory. The Russians have never been good neighbors and haven't contributed anything good to the world for over a century.
Yer people were shocked that when Charles I was beheaded he didn't spurt blue blood that's how ignorant they were didn't realise blue blood was a cultural reference not an actual one
I can't help but smile at Leonidas's "You clearly don't know our women" line. Spartan women enjoyed a great deal more rights than the average Greek lady, including the right to own land and inherit it from fathers, mothers, husbands or siblings. They were traditionally married at 18 (Very old by other nation standards at the time) and had the right to divorce. Spartan women even carried small knives with them at all times, just in case a man got a little too frisky with her against her will. It was considered a mark of shame to carry a thin scar on your face, with the knowledge that it was put there by a woman defending herself. They could also compete in sporting events and were known to wear VERY short skirts, but that's neither here nor there.
Many do not realize that in this depiction, Xerxes really is a god. He's also a giant, although the depiction of him as a giant is, forgive the pun, a little stunted. If here were 9 feet tall instead of 7, it would have made a bigger impact, but that would have required the use of CGI. It's also a subliminal of David vs Goliath. And the movie is of course, a fairy tale and not an actual historical portrayal of Sparta or any of the characters from actual history.
If you are you to sorry fall off your budget on special effects. I would imagine that you want the viewers to you watch the movie and not read the subtitles
"Haven't you noticed? We've been sharing our culture with you all morning." "And I would die for any one of mine." "Clearly, you don't know our women. I might as well've marched them up here, judging by what I've seen." "but the idea of kneeling... you see, slaughtering all those men of yours left a nasty cramp in my leg, so kneeling will be hard for me" 4 OWNAGES in one short conversation. LOL!!!!
