National Review8y
America’s 300 Moment: The Maryland Spartans Who Saved Washington’s Army
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.
National Geographic news1y
Bred for Battle—Understanding Ancient Sparta’s Military Machine
The Peloponnesian War in which Athens fought Sparta began ... Each year the ephors, or magistrates, chose the 300 best hoplites in Sparta to become the hippeis—elite soldiers who formed the ...
Greek Reporter2d
How a Single Word Stopped a War Between Spartans and Macedonians
A historical anecdote explains why the Macedonians and Spartans never went to war when king Philip conquered all of Greece.
TV Guide4y
300 - Full Cast & Crew
Persian King Xerxes led a Army of well over 100,000 (Persian king Xerxes before war has about 170,000 army) men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians, and 400 Thebans.