The Battle of Thermopylae: How 300 Spartans Held Off Thousands of Persians | DOCUMENTARY
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Date: 2024-03-30
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ChrisJensen-se9rj
300 were chosen to remain BEHIND as a GESTURE, as much for Spartan pride as to set an example.
And these 300 were chosen not only with born sons to carry on their name, but from families that would celebrate their demise for the glorification of Sparta, rather than public displays of grief for what most Greeks would consider a pointless death.
And this last stand was brought about by the Greek goat herder Ephialtes and his local knowledge of the Anopea trail, a goat path that he used. Ephialtes guided a picked force of Immortals to the rear of the Greek position, and then promptly demanded payment for his services, which so incensed the Immortals commander on the spot that he ran him through with his sword for his troubles.
All this is quite well known.
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300 were chosen to remain BEHIND as a GESTURE, as much for Spartan pride as to set an example.
And these 300 were chosen not only with born sons to carry on their name, but from families that would celebrate their demise for the glorification of Sparta, rather than public displays of grief for what most Greeks would consider a pointless death.
And this last stand was brought about by the Greek goat herder Ephialtes and his local knowledge of the Anopea trail, a goat path that he used. Ephialtes guided a picked force of Immortals to the rear of the Greek position, and then promptly demanded payment for his services, which so incensed the Immortals commander on the spot that he ran him through with his sword for his troubles.
All this is quite well known.
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Thermopylae
Honor to those who in the life they lead
define and guard a Thermopylae.
Never betraying what is right,
consistent and just in all they do
but showing pity also, and compassion;
generous when they're rich, and when they're poor,
still generous in small ways,
still helping as much as they can;
always speaking the truth,
yet without hating those who lie.
And even more honor is due to them
when they foresee (as many do foresee)
that Ephialtis will turn up in the end,
that the Medes will break through after all.
Classics
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 - 1933
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Thermopylae
Honor to those who in the life they lead
define and guard a Thermopylae.
Never betraying what is right,
consistent and just in all they do
but showing pity also, and compassion;
generous when they're rich, and when they're poor,
still generous in small ways,
still helping as much as they can;
always speaking the truth,
yet without hating those who lie.
And even more honor is due to them
when they foresee (as many do foresee)
that Ephialtis will turn up in the end,
that the Medes will break through after all.
Classics
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 - 1933
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To talk about only 300 Spartans is to not know history. About 7, 500 ancient Greek hoplites took part in the defense of the Thermopyli pass, with 300 Spartans making up the core of the fighting force. The Greeks, as always, love to exaggerate. The feat of these people is indeed enormous, but the whole truth must be told about the heroic defense of this strategically important pass and not belittle the role of the allied, Greek troops who fought side by side with the Spartans against the Persian hordes.
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To talk about only 300 Spartans is to not know history. About 7, 500 ancient Greek hoplites took part in the defense of the Thermopyli pass, with 300 Spartans making up the core of the fighting force. The Greeks, as always, love to exaggerate. The feat of these people is indeed enormous, but the whole truth must be told about the heroic defense of this strategically important pass and not belittle the role of the allied, Greek troops who fought side by side with the Spartans against the Persian hordes.
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Chebab-Chebab
I teach primary.
I introduced a Friday activity that was basically rough housing - it was awesome.
On the final day of the year, we had Box Wars. All students and teachers made an outfit out of cardboard, and we had a battle.
I made a Spartan outfit with a musculatum cuirass, lamda-inscripted hoplon, xiphos, greaves, and crested helm. It gave me the opportunity to turn it into a history lesson.
Best day of school EVER!
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I teach primary.
I introduced a Friday activity that was basically rough housing - it was awesome.
On the final day of the year, we had Box Wars. All students and teachers made an outfit out of cardboard, and we had a battle.
I made a Spartan outfit with a musculatum cuirass, lamda-inscripted hoplon, xiphos, greaves, and crested helm. It gave me the opportunity to turn it into a history lesson.
Best day of school EVER!
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edwardbarlow7742
terrible graphics. outfits dont match and phalanx tactics dont use and no armor or bows. The game units are not right. They use spears like swords. Dont use shields. Dont do basic phalanx tactics. In this case the total war units are just wrong. They appear to only use shields against bows and how come byzantine heavy cavalry are being used. Sorry - its distracting
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terrible graphics. outfits dont match and phalanx tactics dont use and no armor or bows. The game units are not right. They use spears like swords. Dont use shields. Dont do basic phalanx tactics. In this case the total war units are just wrong. They appear to only use shields against bows and how come byzantine heavy cavalry are being used. Sorry - its distracting
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jeffreyjacobs390
WELL NO! Actually the Body guards of Sparta's King (the 300) were joined by several hundred other city state soldiers. and only when it was clearly a matter of attrition. they, Spartans, stood Alone to die without quarter! By then The Naval genius Themistocles had whipped (along with a timely storm) the Persian fleet off the coast just south of this hallowed pass. GBjj
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WELL NO! Actually the Body guards of Sparta's King (the 300) were joined by several hundred other city state soldiers. and only when it was clearly a matter of attrition. they, Spartans, stood Alone to die without quarter! By then The Naval genius Themistocles had whipped (along with a timely storm) the Persian fleet off the coast just south of this hallowed pass. GBjj
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mkeibergin3775
actually, there were 278 Spartans, the rest went sick that morning, the reason the Persians held off for so long was they did not have the Pass or paper work in order which annoyed the Greeks who were building a holiday complex nearby, and the Persians were notorious for not paying their bills, yours Pythagoras
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actually, there were 278 Spartans, the rest went sick that morning, the reason the Persians held off for so long was they did not have the Pass or paper work in order which annoyed the Greeks who were building a holiday complex nearby, and the Persians were notorious for not paying their bills, yours Pythagoras
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RT-far-T
This story gets more ridiculous with each telling. The fact that the entire Western World believes it, whilst the rest of the world chuckles, tells us something. History seems full of civilised Europeans resisting hordes from elsewhere. I love the smell of supremacy on the morning!
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This story gets more ridiculous with each telling. The fact that the entire Western World believes it, whilst the rest of the world chuckles, tells us something. History seems full of civilised Europeans resisting hordes from elsewhere. I love the smell of supremacy on the morning!
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roryscullion5121
The Persians attacked Greece because Athens and Eretria had send hope to the Ionian Greek cities of Asia Minor when they revolted against Persia. I find it strange that you would choose to make a video about a battle of the Graeco-Persian wars and not know that.
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The Persians attacked Greece because Athens and Eretria had send hope to the Ionian Greek cities of Asia Minor when they revolted against Persia. I find it strange that you would choose to make a video about a battle of the Graeco-Persian wars and not know that.
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fredidiez7670
The modern battle of thermopyl:
-1539 siege of castelnuovo. 3500 spanish tercios against 55. 000 otomans, or
1582 battle of cagayan. 40 spanish tercios against 1000 samurai. or
1520 battle of Tenochtitlan. 400 spanish soldiers against 30. 000 aztec
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The modern battle of thermopyl:
-1539 siege of castelnuovo. 3500 spanish tercios against 55. 000 otomans, or
1582 battle of cagayan. 40 spanish tercios against 1000 samurai. or
1520 battle of Tenochtitlan. 400 spanish soldiers against 30. 000 aztec
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history
Srbi su imali isto trista ratnika u bitci kod Cokesine protiv Turaka i svi su dali zivote za slobodu Imali su i trideset hajduka u boju na Ravnu protiv Turaka i oni su slavno izginuli za slobodu svog Srpskog naroda. Tako da nisu samo Grci bili heroji.
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Srbi su imali isto trista ratnika u bitci kod Cokesine protiv Turaka i svi su dali zivote za slobodu Imali su i trideset hajduka u boju na Ravnu protiv Turaka i oni su slavno izginuli za slobodu svog Srpskog naroda. Tako da nisu samo Grci bili heroji.
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kingjoe3rd
Love the video. You could probably eliminate those texture pop-ins with a script extender add-on. I'm sure that they probably exist for Total War as they do with other games. I've used them with the Fallout New Vegas and 4 mostly.
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Love the video. You could probably eliminate those texture pop-ins with a script extender add-on. I'm sure that they probably exist for Total War as they do with other games. I've used them with the Fallout New Vegas and 4 mostly.
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DieWolf57
I wonder about the shape of the thermopylae. Reportedly there were just 15 m at the average with even smaller passages. The video here gives a completely different impression
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I wonder about the shape of the thermopylae. Reportedly there were just 15 m at the average with even smaller passages. The video here gives a completely different impression
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chrisgoold9816
How are the Immortals given such credit for being elite. Which battles did they excel in What evidence is their of mutiple succeses in combat. no much at all
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How are the Immortals given such credit for being elite. Which battles did they excel in What evidence is their of mutiple succeses in combat. no much at all
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James-jl9lm
Unnamed Spartan spy: Their arrows are so numerous, they'll blot out the sun!
Dikenes: (snorts derisively) Then we will have our battle in the shade!
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Unnamed Spartan spy: Their arrows are so numerous, they'll blot out the sun!
Dikenes: (snorts derisively) Then we will have our battle in the shade!
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user-xx8nf4oy4o
They have only a Country to take a movie in early 70, 80, 90's because they are the one got many equipments to use cause Greece Is the most po
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They have only a Country to take a movie in early 70, 80, 90's because they are the one got many equipments to use cause Greece Is the most po
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EuropeanGuys922
Amazing content! You brought me to the total war franchise and with the translations on my native language bulgarian this makes me extremely happy
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Amazing content! You brought me to the total war franchise and with the translations on my native language bulgarian this makes me extremely happy
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history
Come disse Dario a proposito della guerra il dardo e' tratto, cio' non si puo' far piu' nulla, non ci resta che afrontare cio' che dobbiamo fare.
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Come disse Dario a proposito della guerra il dardo e' tratto, cio' non si puo' far piu' nulla, non ci resta che afrontare cio' che dobbiamo fare.
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aesfan2513
Spartan were actually 30000 not 300
They fought in groups of 300, because of narrow valley. Get your facts right. Stop fabrication. 0: 33
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Spartan were actually 30000 not 300
They fought in groups of 300, because of narrow valley. Get your facts right. Stop fabrication. 0: 33
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holoparandeh4467
Please do more research, Herodotus account of what happened is more of fiction. If you pay enough attention you will realise
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Please do more research, Herodotus account of what happened is more of fiction. If you pay enough attention you will realise
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josephgavlek3419
dear god, you got 10k and the enemy has 25k and YOU run! the odds were not in their favor but the Spartans were no joke
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dear god, you got 10k and the enemy has 25k and YOU run! the odds were not in their favor but the Spartans were no joke
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montanamike7948
Too much fighting and not enough talking I'm listening this in my headphones and all I'm hearing is people f fighting
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Too much fighting and not enough talking I'm listening this in my headphones and all I'm hearing is people f fighting
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user-mu1kn5xe6u
The depiction of the battle is very poor. The battle was fought in a very restricted space not in an open plain.
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The depiction of the battle is very poor. The battle was fought in a very restricted space not in an open plain.
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rogerwood4846
great. just pack in using BCE. ITS BC. BEFORE CHRIST. otherwise you might end up doing dates from the 7th century
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great. just pack in using BCE. ITS BC. BEFORE CHRIST. otherwise you might end up doing dates from the 7th century
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mauricejones735
I don't think you guys know much about math. 300 can never hold off thousands no matter what the circumstances.
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I don't think you guys know much about math. 300 can never hold off thousands no matter what the circumstances.
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rumeunner3245
Europe in 2024 is currently facing another agressive invasion, wave after wave of illegal aliens of fighting age.
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Europe in 2024 is currently facing another agressive invasion, wave after wave of illegal aliens of fighting age.
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donbailey8760
I was going to watch, but you used BCE.
I am out of here, don't need your rewritten history, or opinion
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I was going to watch, but you used BCE.
I am out of here, don't need your rewritten history, or opinion
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JamMaster984
BC and AD, you don't have to bend over to the woke mob with lies. Stop gaslighting and call it what it is.
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BC and AD, you don't have to bend over to the woke mob with lies. Stop gaslighting and call it what it is.
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AdituLaudisMMXXI
Hope you enjoyed this video. Don't forget to leave a like and a comment below, it helps tremendously!
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Hope you enjoyed this video. Don't forget to leave a like and a comment below, it helps tremendously!
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savagex466-qt1io
No such thing as Spears with or without shields in Skyrim. Only in Morrowind do you find them: (
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No such thing as Spears with or without shields in Skyrim. Only in Morrowind do you find them: (
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history
It were more than 300 Spartans. There were roughly 8000 Greek defenders from a variety of city states.
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It were more than 300 Spartans. There were roughly 8000 Greek defenders from a variety of city states.
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johnbooth1110
Excuse me it wasnt just 300 Spartans it was 3500 thousands alien hopilie from all over Greece,
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Excuse me it wasnt just 300 Spartans it was 3500 thousands alien hopilie from all over Greece,
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mariakelly90210
It's just not the same without Michael Fassbender shouting This is Sparta! every 2 minutes.
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It's just not the same without Michael Fassbender shouting This is Sparta! every 2 minutes.
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Major_Pipps
Little did the Middle East know 100 years later a lil Dude Named Alex was gonna go traveling.
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Little did the Middle East know 100 years later a lil Dude Named Alex was gonna go traveling.
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yogibear872
Spartans is a myth. Practicing zoroastrianism Persians were much civilize compare to GREEKS.
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Spartans is a myth. Practicing zoroastrianism Persians were much civilize compare to GREEKS.
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