Category: 300 News Posted by: DaisyMay The film "300" is based
on the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C.E between a Greek and a
Persian force led by King Leonidas and King Xerxes,
respectively. This isn't a review. '300' Is More Historically
Accurate Than Most Films Article Date: March 27, 2007 |
Publication: The Student Printz | Author: Joseph Hughbanks
Source: The Student Printz What follows is a historically
accuracy assessment for those interested in which parts of the
film are true and which parts are fabricated liberties taken by
the filmmakers. The movie opens with a narration about Spartan
culture claiming infants judged to be unfit would be killed.
Boys from age seven would be taken from their families and
immersed into Agoge, a training unit teaching them to become
warriors. Both of these facts are surprisingly accurate. As the
movie proceeds, Leonidas returns home to become king. From here,
the movie leaps forward to his confrontation with a Persian
emissary where he refused Xerxes' demand of comple