Is the Movie 300 Historically Accurate?

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They did train elephants.......

 

I thought that movie was great and obviously most of it was fictionaly based, but it maid it so much better to watch...

 

well, before i didn't think that it was historically accurate, but then i read this and now i do think that it's historically accurate, but really don't care either way, it was a great movie.

 

That movie was so cool=)

 

I would say pretty real it's tight movie tho. Inappropriate too...

 

i think it is pretty close, as well as a good movie... i am going to buy it when it comes out for sure!

 

It's not that accurate though the storyline is basically the same.
Anyways we can't be sure cause we don't know what really happened
2500 years ago .

 

not sure but i dont think its 100% accurate

 

Before it came out. People were telling me:

I didnt see it, But I doubt its accurite.

 

no exactly, but whoo honestly cares newspaper writers and critics get payed by the word

 

i think its a fiction

 

The movie was incredibly inaccurate there was no hunchback or anyhting of the such....read this book
....incredibly accurate. Just read the book and you will know that the movie was just a combo of Matrix-porn-gladeator


if i were to rate it on it being realistic than i would rate 3/10

here is the true events

'In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC, an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian Empire at the pass of Thermopylae in central Greece. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the Persians for three days in one of history's most famous last stands. A small force led by King Leonidas of Sparta blocked the only road through which the massive army of Xerxes I could pass. After three days of battle, a local resident named Ephialtes betrayed the Greeks by revealing a mountain path that led behind the Greek lines. Dismissing the rest of the army, King Leonidas stayed behind with 300 Spartans and 700 Thespian volunteers. The Persians succeeded in taking the pass but sustained heavy losses, extremely disproportionate to those of the Greeks. The fierce resistance of the Spartan-led army offered Athens the invaluable time to prepare for a decisive naval battle that would come to determine the outcome of the war. The subsequent Greek victory at the Battle of Salamis left much of the Persian Empire's navy destroyed and Xerxes I was forced to retreat back to Asia, leaving his army in Greece under Mardonius, who was to meet the Greeks in battle one last time. The Spartans assembled at full strength and led a pan-Greek army that defeated the Persians decisively at the Battle of Plataea, ending the Greco-Persian War and with it the expansion of the Persian Empire into Europe.

The performance of the defenders at the battle of Thermopylae is often used as an example of the advantages of training, equipment, and good use of terrain to maximize an army's potential, and has become a symbol of courage against overwhelming odds. Even more, both ancient and modern writers used the Battle of Thermopylae as an example of the superior power of a volunteer army of freemen defending native soil. The sacrifice of the Spartans and the Thespians has captured the minds of many throughout the ages and has given birth to many cultural references as a result."

they crossed at the point of hell

 

The basic Idea of the movie was pretty historically accurate. Of course there were some flaws and moments where it was like WTF, But hey, its a great movie.

Its.. cooler that way? ^^

 

Well, I havent seen the movie I Intend to but I read over the article. I am a freshmen in FSU and I am taking Middle-Eastern History as a Non-Credit Class and to me every movie has its historical flaws even if the movie is fiction... things will happen in time.

 

If Hollywood makes it, and it's based off of a book, of course it isn't going to be totally historically correct. Shit if Hollywood alone makes a movie, it's most likely doesn't hold much truth to it .

 

no it is nt accurate

 

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from what I've read and seen the story is mostly accurate just mainly the enemy numbers is extreamly exaggerated

 

Am I the only guy in the world who hasn't seen 300?

I'll try and go watch it this weekend :\ Sounds like the best movie ever....