In one of the greatest, yet now forgotten, small-unit engagements in American history, several hundred Marylanders made an epic stand resembling that of the 300 ancient Spartans at Thermopylae.

Ephialtes of Trachis, whose name means "nightmare" in Greek is regarded as one of the most notorious traitors in the history of Greece.

In response a contingent of 300 Spartans and several thousand allies were sent to occupy the narrow mountain pass of Thermopylae, not far from the Greek fleet that was anchored off the nearby ...

This singular episode of self-sacrificing bravery has long obscured our understanding of the real Sparta. A scene from Thermopylae by the Italian novelist, painter and poet Dino Buzzati. The 300 ...

King Leonidas of Sparta (Gerard Butler) leads an elite group of 300 soldiers (supported by a few thousand other Greek warriors) to the narrow pass at Thermopylae, where they hope to hold off a ...

Even with all the amazing battle sequences, the best 300 quotes have stayed ... was actually spoken by numerous Spartan women as the men left for war at Thermopylae. Though it was the men who ...

In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of ... men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans. Xerxes waited for 10 days for King Leonidas to surrender ...

One excellent example is Cole’s analysis of the famed stand of Leonidas and the 300 at Thermopylae. He concludes that the Spartans did not march off believing they were on a suicide mission, and, of ...

In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of ... men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans. Xerxes waited for 10 days for King Leonidas to surrender ...