The movie 300 has made Battle of Thermopylae one of the most famous battles in history. 300 was based on a battle between the Greeks and the Persians in the 300 BC era. The battle was a great one that was hard fought by the Greeks. This battle was the first of many in the Persian invasion. It showed the true willpower and determination of the Greeks, because they only had a small army while the Persians had a great army of many men, 6,000 men led by 300 Spartans faced off with nearly 100,000 Persians. The odds were defiantly in the Persians favor but the Greeks bought their people valuable time to try to escape the path of destruction caused by the Persians. When the Persians arrived the Spartans were there waiting and the Persians were
