You forgot to mention that Greece was united after the greek kingdom of Macedon under Philip and under Alexander the great defeated the Persian empire and an indian kingdom.
All Spartans would rather die than leave the battle field. Leave the battle would dishonor the soldier himself and his family. In fact, when the Spartans collected the bodies of their soldiers, they checked where was the fatal wound, if it was in the chest or the head, that meant that he died while fighting and was greatly honored. If it was at his back, it meant that he was killed while tried to escape, and his whole family was sided by the spartan society.
He is only immortalized because the US needed to brain wash their citizens into supporting a campaign into Afghanistan, and Iraq. They made the persians look like Muslims in this movie. War is a business perputated by Americans, the CIA literally operates to keep war ongoing. They destablize weaker nations around the world.
Imagine we Greeks that care about history how we feel. It feels as a lifelong journey with the occasional mind blowing results. Going forward by looking back. The fact our last Autocrat died in our Byzantine Empire ( Constantinos Paleologos ), fighting against Ottomans, his sacrifice kept fueling the more than 30 major uprisings and ~70 lesser ones that followed until 1821 we eventually threw Muslims out for good. One sacrifice kept fueling the need for freedom for centuries. Paleologos for us has the same significance as Leonidas' and Alexander the Great. If you care as you say, you should check him up.
"YOU BRING SKULLS OF CONQUERED KINGS TO MY CITY STEPS." "YOU INSULT MY QUEEN" "YOU THREATEN MY PEOPLE WITH SLAVERY AND DEATH" "IVE CHOSEN MY WORDS CAREFULLY, PERHAPS YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME"
I think that Leonidas did the best to defend his land as a King, there's no doubt about it, he did what a King was supposed to do, knowing he will die eventually, but winning some extra time for the ally forces to group. That's a real man.
Sparta had two kings (it was one of their system of checks and balances) and Spartan kings didn't have legislative powers - they were basically hereditary generals. About a generation later, Sparta became a client state of the Persians during the Pelloponesian War. The history of Greece (and history in general) isn't about real men doing manly doings - it's about the ebb and flow of humanity due to economics.
@@danielpark6068 You are incorrect, there were 300 Spartans that held the pass, nobody else was allowed to come. Leonidas saw fear in their eyes and told them to go home because he only wanted the strongest warriors to be there.
@@aaronmachado13 Sparta won the Peloponnesian war pretty decisively. As a curious note, while Thebes and other city-states wanted Athens to be completely decimated and enslaved, Sparta showed mercy out of respect.
I've studied Greek myths since I was a little girl and the best story I heard was this battle because it taught me to stand up for myself and never back down for what I believe in
Great to hear that it taught you one thing or two, but It's merely fictional ancient propaganda. Spartans were actually the ones who oppressed and owned slaves, meanwhile Persians abolished slavery and declared religious freedom across the empire. Approx. 65% of the worlds population lived in greater Persia for over 200 years as the Achaemenids reigned. But i guess their enemies wrote the tales and Persia doesn't get the recognition it deserves So I understand why ancient debunked Greek propaganda is still blindly believed and taught till this day. If interested, I would recommend you to read about Cyrus the great "Cyropedia" or the edict of Cyrus, the first Persian king who set the foundation for many leaders since his time. His cylinder is displayed in UN as a reminder of human rights and he has been mentioned over 30 times in the Bible and Torah for his compassion and great deeds. He's also the only non Israelite Messiah in Jewish faith.
@@sepehr.javaheri No matter how cool Persia was, it was still the invader so it was in the wrong side and as a matter of fact it was bigger yet it lost. It's no propaganda.
@@BlueLena Which empires didn't expand at the time? My point was that Spartans and other greeks had slaves during their time while the Persians abolished slavery as early as 560 B.C. Persians commited atrocities as well, but we also had rulers who were just and led by the example of Cyrus (Kourosh) who is the only non israelite messiah to jews and regarded as "God's annointed" in the Bible and Torah. Xerxes, Darius and some other persian kings and wise men are also mentioned. They wouldn't be regarded as saviors and just rulers if they hadn't respected people under their reign, including Jews and Chrstians. There's no doubt that freedom of religion and a ban of slavery was present in Persia for centuries since 560 B.C.
@@sepehr.javaheri you still don’t answer how this makes the Battle of Thermopylae and the victory of the Greeks in the Persian Wars a “debunked” Ancient Greek propaganda.
Lamellar armor and dome-style helmets were used by everyone in those days. Just goes to show how effective lamellar and scale armor is if the Persians used it more than 2000 years ago, and Japan continued to use it until just about 300 years ago. That style of armor is so cheap and effective that the look of it hasn't changed much in all those years, even if people eventually ended up using chain mail and steel plate later on in the 10th century.
@@LordSeethe But none of those portrayed as specifically Persian were actually Persian from the Achaemenid Empire. Immortals in that period wore the Persian tiara, but the actual form is uncertain, as some sources describe it as a cloth or felt cap. Those vectors used to represent them were either made up (the fake horned Germanic opera helmets) or from other empires such as the Ottoman Janissaries who wear a turban headdress with a steretypical Turkish moustache, the samurai kabuto helmet with clearly 14th century Muromachi period samurai armor, the Mongol looking warriors are using Khatangu-degel armour with a typical disc plate in their chest used also by Manchus, Koreans, Chinese, Russians and Turkic peoples from the middle ages using a dao/falchion styled sword.
That's actually not true lol, or every lost battle would result in the entire decimation of their army. Fleeing battle was a no-go, but retreating was as every bit normal in Sparta than it was in the rest of the world. It was because of this battle where the rumor/legend of "Spartans never retreat" was born.
That and they had to hold their ground for as long as possible. The rest of the Greek coalition retreated and the Spartans and a few hundred other Greeks had to be the rearguard from calvary or else the entire army would be destroyed.
They famously surrendered to Athens during the Peloponnesian war began Spartans didn’t use bows and arrows because it was cowardly and a small group was slowly getting picked off by anchors. Anyway it such a huge deal, jokes were allegedly made about wear are the real Spartas? ect. Surrounding is not the same as retreating but it was so imbedded into Spartan society to die fighting that it was monumental news at the time. Athens streets were full to whiteness the Spartan prisoners as it was it heard of. They were similar to Vikings in the sense that it was so imbedded to die fighting that they most like never or rarely retreated just because they actually wanted to die in battle. After all only men who died in battle (and women who died in child birth) were allowed grave stones. To die peacefully was a great personal shame.
@@yourfriendlyjacob1171 bro the Spartans wanted to run from the Persians, their allies convinced them to stay. The Spartan's military was barely above average for the time. it was around 10k greeks btw
"Greek soldiers wore heavy breastplates" *shows them being shirtless and only having them with brown and red underwear* Edit: Nah, dudes the Spartans' abs are their bronze breastplates.
I've been to Thermopylae, the place where The Greeks saved Western Civilization. The feeling when you're there and looking around is amazing, especially the mound where the last remaining Spartans made their last stand. Archaelogists found thousands of arrows buried around the same spot. Even with so few of the 300 left, the overwhelming number of the enemy army still found the need to use their archers instead of going in for hand to hand combat to finish them. May the memory of the warriors who gave their lives there live forever.
@currency ma and the whole middle east,europe,Asia are full of greek DNA mostly Europe and middle east but still you are sayin that the greeks didn't save the western civilisation while it's a fact that greeks are the western civilisation themselves but even if the weren't they still saved it from asians and other empires in middle east.
"Is it an earthquake?" - "It's battle formations" "Surrender your weapons" - "Come and get them" "Our arrows will block out the sun" - "Then we will fight in the shade"
"Come back with your shield, or on it." The sacrifice of Leonidas and the men who stood alongside him not only preserved athenian culture, and enabled them to eventually beat back the Persian empire, but went down in history as some of the greatest warriors who ever lived, and their story lives on more than two thousand years later.
except that they didnt really preserve the culture and enable them to beat them back since the Persians couldnt really give chase and attack in time anyway so their sacrifice was basically for nothing
@@rayansharma2042 I mean thier size definitely wasn't powerful but most of the soldiers were definitely better than an average Persian or Athenian soldier.
real shame that Odyssey was more interested in pushing sjw politics than telling accurate history. The monuments and general geography are pretty much the only thing thats accurate in the game.
@@gavinodem5788 you are very wrong on that Herodotus and Thucydides were the first to write down history and they had very high standars Thucydides who was very objective even when his own city state fought a war agaist another city state (there was a lot of hate between each side) Thucydides is the first historian, the first man with the idea of objectively writing down events for the future generations
@@gavinodem5788 THE WINNERS DON'T WRITE HISTORY , what dobyou think will happen if someone began sending books for the academy using as source only documents or propaganda of one country you would be shamed for that.
The first Macedonian king that took part in the Olympics was first rejected because he wasn't seen as a greek, so he sent a genealogy to the organizers that "proved" that he was a descendant of greeks. Since then, the Macedonian kings were allowed to take part in the Olympics. But what does the story tell us about how the Greeks viewed the Macedonians? I think the Macedonians were a people that were closely related to the Greeks but were not quite Greeks.
@@firstaidsackIt seems that you studied history at college but as you already know macedonians origins were from (modern day) Argos . They were totally greeks even if they had no democracy and they spoke a greek dialect (but still, many greek city states spoke a dialect of ancient greek). In balkans (as you already know again I guess ) there were 3 different nationalities . Hellenes (dorians , ionians , aiolians) ,Ilirians and Tharcans not Macedonians I like your passion in history man !
@@firstaidsack people have found ancient Macedonian sheets. I'm Greek and I can still read them after 2000 years. Nobody else can. cause Macedon was Greek.
Sad that you mentioned Themistocles such a small amount of time. He was the one who built up the Athenian naval fleet, and he was one of the generals in charge of the Athenian naval fleet. He convinced the Athenian citizens to abandon the city of Athens, and thus allowed every able-bodied Athenian male to man the Athenian triremes. He also convinced the Greek alliance to stand against the Persians BECAUSE of this Athenian investment into the war. Themistocles was also the lead strategists for the entire Battle of Thermopylae. He noted the narrow passage and convinced the allied Greek army to hold the Persians there. In short, don't forget about Themistocles.
It's crazy how the Greeks defeated the Persians when they had Samurai and Canons on their ships. But I guess it's easy when all of your troops have arm muscles larger than my head.
“You bring the crowns and heads of conquered kings to my city steps. You insult my queen. You threaten my people with slavery and death! Oh, I've chosen my words carefully, Persian. Perhaps you should have done the same!”
bro do you know history? spartans had slaves while Persians abolished it and had more tolerance of religion while the spartans forced people to become soldiers and trained them since they were kids and the Persians were more peaceful while the spartans weren't peaceful
Macedonia is greek. Macedonia since the ancient years has been the northen part of greece and still is greek today. The country you are talking about is northen macedonio that only last year has been considered an independent country and has nothing to do with actual greeks. Northern macedonians aren't greek they are slavs and have stolen the name by political games and well played tricks.
Η Ελλάδα είναι για όλους, η Μακεδονία είναι για όλους αν θέλουν το όνομα τότε πρέπει να είμαστε ανώτεροι, να τους το δώσουμε (επισήμος γιατί ούτως ή άλλως αναγνωρίζονται έτσι ήδη) και να τους βοηθήσουμε να μπουν στην Ευρώπη. Μπορεί να έχουμε δικαίωμα σε αυτό το όνομα, όμως δεν έχουμε κανένα δικαίωμα να μην τους αφήσουμε να αναπτυχθούν σαν λαός επειδή δεν μπορούμε να μοιραστούμε την πολιτιστική κληρονομιά μας ( η οποία εν μέρη είναι και δικιά τους)
As a Persian I believe this video is amazing, completely neutral and objective without bias or racism, Well done. The Movie "300" broke our hearts as it showed our people as bloodthirsty mindless beasts, I mean the who met with Leonidas was more like a creature from the Lord of the Rings than a human being. Ancient Persia was the first country to abolish slavery and form the concept of paid workers. King Cyrus the Great was the first leader who recognised human rights; his famous declaration of Human rights is celebrated as the first declaration to this day and is respected by the UN. Ancient Persia freed slaves and let people hold whatever religious beliefs they wanted to and would - most probably- not have invaded Greece had it not been because of their involvement in the Ionic rebellion and their threat to the kingdom (as stated in this video).
As a Greek of Ionic descent ,I want to express my appreciation and admiration for the Ancient Persian Civilization. Different but one of the greatest civilizations.Persians were our worthy opponents.Alexander the Great already admitted this before he died.
I also send hello to my Greek brothers and sisters and wish them a long and fruitful life. Unfortunate that since my country isnt in good relationships with the west they were portrayed really poorly in the movie.
"Greece could have resisted the advances of the Macedonians" that's why you shouldn't learn history from youtube: Macedonia was (and is) part of Greece.
@@teodorgeorgievski1148 Alexandros (his real greek name) unite greeks against persia for revense . in all his life was says how proud greek he is as descedant of Achilles and Hercules ...you are confuse him with his father who has battles with the other greek city states...very common in the greek world.....
@@teodorgeorgievski1148 so you watch this video and all the others video of greece in this channel... you are referring to a nation with at least 5000 years of history... and 1000 things I can say about Greece... but the first thing you say is "greece must be the dumbest nation" BRUHHHH you literally must have 300 iq I'm so proud
Funnily enough I just finished watching meet the Spartans an hour ago. Seeing this video reminds me of the seen when the Spartans and Persians where doing a break dance battle 😂
@@emraldswrd parody's are always rated low...there's a movie called "dude where's my car" the critics trashed that movie as well.. But if you watch it then that movie is one of the best comedies of all time....watch meet the Spartans you won't regret it...if you haven't watched 300 first ( which I assume you have) then watch 300 first
This video left out the most crucial words from history: “Molon Labe” = King Leonids said “Come and get them” when King Xerxes asked the Spartans to lay down their weapons.
Were you there ?! Did you hear with your own ears ?! By no means can I believe these events are like children's stories! It's interesting that I've heard this dialogue many times in Hollywood, isn't it suspicious? It seems that 2500 years ago, a scribe always recorded all the words, shouts and events of the war on the scene in incredible detail! It's really funny ...
Philip II of Macedon, after invading southern Greece and receiving the submission of other key city-states, he turned his attention to Sparta and asked menacingly whether he should come as friend or foe. The reply was "Neither." Losing patience, he sent the message: "You are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people, and raze your city": The Spartan ephors again replied with a single word: "If".
A lot of dramatic quotes and responses that don't mean jack, lol. Industry and sruvival and statehood are boring affairs and aren't dramatic. Historically dramatic leaders and people didn't last too long because reality doesn't work by saying neither, if, this that, googoogaga. Those same conservative SPartans took bribes from Persians when it suited them. What did they say then? Yes. No. Please. Money.
@@rrnsensei9240 the fact that 2480 years later videos are made to glorify Spartans literal Nazis of the ancient world while Persians, who tolerated other languages and religions are vilified you know you're wrong in your hope.
@Δήμιος His dad, Philip II, united Greece by conquering them, and then died, and Alexander won their favour and conquered everything. But they were 100% conquered by Macedonia. For example, the battle of Chaeronia in 338 BCE was when Philip II crushed the combined forces of Athens and Thebes, with Alexander as a general.
I think he’s talking about the former Yugoslavia Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) not being Greek, theyre not even the Greek Macedonians associated with Alexander the Great. FYROM are Slavic people.
Not really. The ancient FYROMians ("Macedonians") spoke a western dialect of Bulgarian, so they were Slavic-Bulgarian people. They were barbarians with no connection to Greece. The ancient FYROMians were described as Slavophones living north of Greece, so they couldn't have been Greek. They were Bulgarians. But they wish they were Greek of course.
The reason this battle is so fascinating is because it was one of "the last stand" battles, when a group of men decides to, instead of retreating or surrendering, leave it all on the battlefield.
10:35 Macedonians were also Greeks. And In fact the Greeks did conquer the whole ancient world. Alexander the Great conquered Persia, Egypt, and India.
Alexander the Great didn't really conquer Egypt but more so Egyptians accepted him as pharaoh since he kicked the Persians out,took control but not really "conquer" in the traditional sense. He only really win against a small Kingdom in India and he never went anywhere near China.
@@sigmaalpha8698 when? I never read about any battles in Egypt from what I remember it was the easiest part of Alexander's campaign after the siege of Tyre, Egyptians accept him as a savior and ruler without a struggle.
Kevin Gonzalez Ah yes, you’re right. It was the Tyrians he fought against. After the victory against the Tyrians, Alexander was accepted by the Egyptians and was made into a Pharaoh.
that might be true but Athens and Sparta were always fighting each other for supremacy and there are two battles (at least two) that show how many differences they had despite the common language and common soil . One battle separated in two different places , one outside Sparta and one outside the city walls of Athens (acropolis) which was the result of an open provocation of Athenians to Spartans which Leonidas took personally and one battle in Sicilia , which Spartans won again of course and the outcome was an Athens left without leadership or almost without any leadership at least .
they where all hellenics* Macedonians being considered inferior for they political organization and spartha and athens considered spheres of influence for they political organizations
Herodotus, The Histories 9.45.1-2 Alexander's I' of Macedon speech to the Athenians the night before the battle of Plataea: “Men of Athens, I give you this message in trust as a secret which you must reveal to no one but Pausanias, or else you will be responsible for my undoing. In truth I would not tell it to you if I did not care so much for all Hellas; I myself am by ancient descent a Greek, and I would not willingly see Hellas change her freedom for slavery"
clarification, Alexander I of Macedonia, not Alexander III, the famous one. and in the text of herodotus are the same macedonians that claim themselves greeks, not sparthans or athenians, thats clarified in borzas studies about herodotus and, even claiming that the title of "philhellene" that Alexander gain thakns to his efort against the persians is the same given for none greeks, "friend of the hellenes"
so yes, they shared the same lenguage and culture, but where seen as inferior, thous the need to claim themselves and (in philipos time) to conquer the cities
This was one of the most important moments in history, especially when it comes to Western Democraxy. The World would probably look much different if Leonidas had decided not to make his stand. Their heroic last stand helped unite the remaining City States. I don't know why this gets overlooked so much, but it was an extremely important moment. All hail, Leonidas!
Because it really didn't change anything Spartans lost the battle and Persians burned the athen . The fact that Greeks won the war has nothing to do with this battle. And about "western democracy" years after this Spartans allied with the Persians to destroy Athens democracy
@@someguy-bv3il it's not like this, it is known that one of the reasons of the progress and development of the western civilization is the victory of "Greece" against the Persian empire, the world as we know it today could not exist if Leonidas didn't show to the other Greek polis that the Persians were not invincible, and it's because of him (basically taking time) that Athens could be evacuated.
Certain elements of our modern governments don't like European men hearing of the brave sacrafices our ancestors made, and the hope it would give us today in the face of migrant invasions
Don't worry you guys it's not a sad ending. The Greeks had the last laugh as a united Greece led by a great man 146 years later conquered the Persian empire.
Not all Greeks were viewing Macedonians as Barbarians, also those who did it was because the Macedonians had a Monarchic system unlike the rest Greeks who had a Democratic or an Oligarchic one. Epirotans were also seen as barbarian from those Greeks for the same reason
Only Greek were able to participate in the Olympics and many kings of the Macedon dynasty (which is said that came from the city of Argos in southern Greece) participated, among them Alexander the Great himself.
Correct, but the fact that a united "southern Greece" (an alliance of Athens, Sparta, etc.) could potentially slow down the advancement of the Hellenic civilization is possible (i think this is what the video is trying to say at 10:24 ). If Fillip hadn't united the whole Greece under one rule, due to an immense resistance by a city-state alliance, we would look today to see a completely different world, not necessarily better nor worse.
I stopped watching after 5 minutes and 30 seconds. Too many inaccuracies to continue. I would list them all, but that would take time I do not have. Instead I'll name the two most recent ones I heard, and saw before I stopped watching: 5:08 Those are cannons. Those are cannons on a "trireme", an ancient vessel made thousands of years before the first cannon was ever made. 5:19 There was no such thing as rowing slaves (galley slaves) in these times, both the ancient Greeks and Persians did not use slaves to row their ships, but skilled oarsmen. This tradition of skilled oarsmen was even used by Rome and Carthage. Rowing slaves in use for this time are more Hollywood fiction than actual fact. For a channel named the "Infographics show", I at least expected the graphics to be more accurate than the words that were spoken.
The Spartans were taught from a young age to never surrender, which is why he stayed and fought. In the film 300, the queen says to Leonidas, " Spartan, come home with your shield, or on it", meaning come home victorious, or dead.
@@ronstreet6706 As far as I study: Beheading innocent babies, attacking surrounding areas, years of war and bloodshed with Athens, homosexuality due to being away from the real world, being tortured from childhood just to learn to bleed more violently and slavery... These were the standard of the Spartans! They were born slaves and were slaves for the rest of their lives! Neither democracy nor freedom, both are funny for the Spartans ...
Greeks finally did unify under Alexander the Great and did conquer the ancient world all the way to India. Macedonians were Greeks too @The Infographics Show.
Greece was also one of the first places where coins took root and where able to function like they do today. The silver coins where so consistent in purity from Athens that they where used throughout the Mediterranean.
Ancient Greece is ONE of the first examples of a working monetary system. They actually used GOLD coins to trade however after some time, the coins were mixed with copper and brass(I think), which drove the value of the actual gold coins significantly higher. This actually resulted in inflation as the Greeks were making coins from less rare and scarce materials.
Tell that to the original Greeks. No one back then considered Thrace or Macedon as Greek. They were considered barbarians. So not really. Different language, different fighting style, and different religion. Nothing is "Greek" about them until Phillip II came along and based the Macedon army off of the Greeks.
@@nikosawp actually SilentProphecy is correct. The very sources the greeks have provided us, theatre, politics, histories and more, they considered pretty much anybody north of Thessaly as barbaric peoples, who have an unintelligible language, or an accent so horrendously butchered you just thought they were making literal noises. Philip II being a hostage in Thebes and growing up there and around their military, for sure once he was returned to Makedon he was able to maintain Greco-Makedon relations as well as modeling his army on his idealized version of the Theban tactics, including their knack for pretty decent cavalry. Its a shame when Greeks dont know their own history XD
@@1ArmorGods That is factually incorrect. It is documented by many historians that the Macedonians were considered barbarians not because of their nationality, but because of their government. The Epirotes were actually considered the same Barbarians. Yet, they were Greek as well. And no, Macedonians did not have Different language, different fighting style and religion. They spoke a branch of early Greek and then Koine Greek which spread into Persia; They fought in Phalanxes (The Sarissa is the same phalanx as the Spear which it was inspired by) And they worshipped the same Gods. As for no one considered them Greek, i will remind you of what happened when Alexander I Tried to join the Olympics. He was denied entry cause he had links to Persia but he claimed patriotism and in the end proved his Greek lineage by tracing his house roots on Argos.
Panayiotis K. Keep kidding yourself buddy. Mainland Greeks are actually a mix of people from the Balkans. That is why the DNA of the mainland Greeks and Albanians are so close. While Greeks more South have different DNA. And Greeks living on islands have completely different genetics. Most Greeks are genetically closer to gypsy Romanians. And Bulgarians than to any other people from the Balkans.
wait this is cool (my world history teacher sent our class this so that we could do an assignment and I'm perfectly fine with that.) this channel is lit
@Average viewer Newsflash, that's a line from Sabaton-Sparta mate lol. Besides, the Greek economy is miles ahead of any other economy on the Balkans excluding Turkey.
@Average viewer When did I say that Iran was Turkey or a Balkan state? I said that the Greek economy is miles ahead of any economy on the Balkans only surpassed by the Turks.
Infographics: the persians were brutal tyrants Persains: brutally put down revolts but allowed ruled peoples to keep their culture and form of government, unlike the empires they replaced that brutally opressed everyone they ruled, loyal or not
@@teyrncousland7152 they were far better than the spartans considering they are one of the most progressive empires back then. But whites and fanboys will never admit that. Their inferiority complex wouldnt allow it
«Honor to those who in their lives have defined and guard their Thermopylae. Never stirring from duty; just and upright in all their deeds, yet with pity and compassion too; generous when they are rich, and when they are poor, again a little generous, again helping as much as they can; always speaking the truth, yet without hatred for those who lie. And more honor is due to them when they foresee (and many do foresee) that Ephialtes will finally appear, and that the Medes in the end will go through». Eternal glory to our formidable ancestors 🔥🏛️🇬🇷
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"Molon Labe" - Leonidas
Can their quotes get any more badass than that...
"Mολών λαβέ''-Λεωνίδας
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@@manaraslespaul yes, that looks even more badass 💪🏻
Molon Labe means come and get it :)
You forgot to mention that Greece was united after the greek kingdom of Macedon under Philip and under Alexander the great defeated the Persian empire and an indian kingdom.
Spartan Newborn : *coughs silently*
Spartans : I diagnose you with weak
Death*
Not my joke but saw it and couldn't stop laughing.
Spartan baby: *Coughs*
Spartan: _"Yeet!"_
Γιωργος Μαυρουδης
R/woosh
Linear Wolf How is it a whoosh? He got the joke
*yeet
Persia: "our arrows will block out the sun"
Sparta: "Then we'll fight in the shade"
The laugh after this is epic.
"Well, you had to say it."
if only our politicians had such courage.
@da_babatunde_village
Creatures of Instinct.
Horrible...
@@danielday4863
Our politicians are lining their pockets.
Ask Jeffrey Epstein (007) in Tel Aviv......
“Leonidas and his 299 closest gym buddies...”
123 456 hahah lol
billy PepeHands
Rambo AF. Legendary for all time
@Daenerys Targaryen 💯
298
Random Greek soldier “King Leonidas we are surrounded!”
Leonidas “Our K/DA is going to be legendary”
Underrated
K/DA*
@@zyperific4687 tf does the a stand for
I've heard reports it was as high as 300:1
This. . .
I think Leonidas would consider his death a worthy tradeoff for being immortalized for all of human history
Most importantly Greece remained a free state. His death was not in vain it was exactly what he wanted sacrifice himself to keep Greece free.
All Spartans would rather die than leave the battle field. Leave the battle would dishonor the soldier himself and his family. In fact, when the Spartans collected the bodies of their soldiers, they checked where was the fatal wound, if it was in the chest or the head, that meant that he died while fighting and was greatly honored. If it was at his back, it meant that he was killed while tried to escape, and his whole family was sided by the spartan society.
@@giannisgalanos3654 what if he was stabbed in the back while fighting someone else. 🤔
@@TJ22_83 Then he would also have wounds in his chest as well, if he was circled
@@TJ22_83 you have found a bug in the code above:)
To me, Ancient Greek history is easily one of the most fascinating time periods of all time. I could never get bored of learning about it.
1000% agreed
Persian history is better
My friend go search about ancient india
He is only immortalized because the US needed to brain wash their citizens into supporting a campaign into Afghanistan, and Iraq. They made the persians look like Muslims in this movie. War is a business perputated by Americans, the CIA literally operates to keep war ongoing. They destablize weaker nations around the world.
Imagine we Greeks that care about history how we feel. It feels as a lifelong journey with the occasional mind blowing results. Going forward by looking back. The fact our last Autocrat died in our Byzantine Empire ( Constantinos Paleologos ), fighting against Ottomans, his sacrifice kept fueling the more than 30 major uprisings and ~70 lesser ones that followed until 1821 we eventually threw Muslims out for good. One sacrifice kept fueling the need for freedom for centuries. Paleologos for us has the same significance as Leonidas' and Alexander the Great. If you care as you say, you should check him up.
“We’re outnumbered!”
Spartans: I like those odds
NO DEATH, NO GLORY
THIS IS SPARTA!
"Then it is an even fight"
@@MattigityIsBombigity badass
8 to 1 ?? More like even
"Immortals we put there name to the test" - Leonidas
“King Leonids, they outnumber us 300 to 100000!”
“Then it is an even fight.”
Halo gang 💪🏻
@Akanksh Borah it's from halo my dude
@@sirhurricane4350 He meant it was more than just the spartans.
"YOU BRING SKULLS OF CONQUERED KINGS TO MY CITY STEPS."
"YOU INSULT MY QUEEN"
"YOU THREATEN MY PEOPLE WITH SLAVERY AND DEATH"
"IVE CHOSEN MY WORDS CAREFULLY, PERHAPS YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME"
We Were Epic!
100000 appear at the horizon to conquer Greek
300 spartans:finally a worthy opponent our battle will be legendary
luca reali wasn’t just 300 Spartans
Ha, Kung Fu Panda
@@sound9864 it was 700 in total. Still tho, compared to 10k its nothing
@@aK-pf3ibinfact the last stand was made by 1000 greeks the 300 of them where spartans
It was 300 Spartans vs 250 thousand Persians
I think that Leonidas did the best to defend his land as a King, there's no doubt about it, he did what a King was supposed to do, knowing he will die eventually, but winning some extra time for the ally forces to group. That's a real man.
Hayian That’s the same reason we drop tilted towers
Fun fact he was 60 at the time
Arthur Cheng but the citizens were evacuated so it’s good
Sparta had two kings (it was one of their system of checks and balances) and Spartan kings didn't have legislative powers - they were basically hereditary generals. About a generation later, Sparta became a client state of the Persians during the Pelloponesian War. The history of Greece (and history in general) isn't about real men doing manly doings - it's about the ebb and flow of humanity due to economics.
What leader today would fight a war to defend their nations people
Fun Fact: Leonidas was already 60 years old when he died in Thermopylae.
i dare you to make a shower thought of that
@@gdelusiveplayz3609 What do you mean?
you don't know what a shower thought is? i thought everyone knew
@@gdelusiveplayz3609 I literally just googled what it means when I read your reply comment.
I laughed so hard reading this💀💀💀
Athenians: Leonidas we all have to retreat they know the path!
Leonidas: No, I don’t think I will
Arkandians not Athenians
@@OTBlockEntertainment ok... Didn't ask but ok
Athenians? What? That makes no sense the Spartans and the Athenians went to war in 431 BC pelopennesian war
@@davidmanners9076 Athens and Sparta teamed up against the Persians to defend Greece. Then they went to war after that.
The spartans wanted to retreat tho
So, how much war do you want?
Sparta: Yes.
do they go to devil for killing?
@@ocpopsmoke what? Lol Christianity wasn’t even around back then, let alone them believing in a “devil”
@@jiffy1002 I mean there was hades
they actually didnt fight that much. they only fought battles they knew they were gonna win. this makes their win rate 100 percent.
Bro this comment killed me 😆😆
100,000 Persians: *exists*
Leonidas and the other 299: *I diagnose you with dead*
This is severely underrated
In truth it was over 1000 Greeks with 300 of them being Spartans
Daniel Park no bro it wasn’t it was around 300 thousand Persians but some people believe it was a lot more then that
well only 10,000 Persians were actually killed there by the 300
@@danielpark6068 You are incorrect, there were 300 Spartans that held the pass, nobody else was allowed to come. Leonidas saw fear in their eyes and told them to go home because he only wanted the strongest warriors to be there.
If spartans had a dictionary back then,then I guess the word "surrender" doesn't exist
Surrender? They asked where the enemies were, never how many they were
Until the Peloponnesian war at the battle of sophacteria where they surrendered to athens
@@aaronmachado13 Sparta won the Peloponnesian war pretty decisively. As a curious note, while Thebes and other city-states wanted Athens to be completely decimated and enslaved, Sparta showed mercy out of respect.
Spartans:is this a coward joke I am too manly to understand
Probably, only as an imperative
I've studied Greek myths since I was a little girl and the best story I heard was this battle because it taught me to stand up for myself and never back down for what I believe in
Great to hear that it taught you one thing or two, but It's merely fictional ancient propaganda.
Spartans were actually the ones who oppressed and owned slaves, meanwhile Persians abolished slavery and declared religious freedom across the empire.
Approx. 65% of the worlds population lived in greater Persia for over 200 years as the Achaemenids reigned.
But i guess their enemies wrote the tales and Persia doesn't get the recognition it deserves So I understand why ancient debunked Greek propaganda is still blindly believed and taught till this day.
If interested, I would recommend you to read about Cyrus the great "Cyropedia" or the edict of Cyrus, the first Persian king who set the foundation for many leaders since his time. His cylinder is displayed in UN as a reminder of human rights and he has been mentioned over 30 times in the Bible and Torah for his compassion and great deeds. He's also the only non Israelite Messiah in Jewish faith.
@@sepehr.javaheri No matter how cool Persia was, it was still the invader so it was in the wrong side and as a matter of fact it was bigger yet it lost. It's no propaganda.
@@sepehr.javaheri but its not fiction
@@BlueLena Which empires didn't expand at the time? My point was that Spartans and other greeks had slaves during their time while the Persians abolished slavery as early as 560 B.C.
Persians commited atrocities as well, but we also had rulers who were just and led by the example of Cyrus (Kourosh) who is the only non israelite messiah to jews and regarded as "God's annointed" in the Bible and Torah.
Xerxes, Darius and some other persian kings and wise men are also mentioned.
They wouldn't be regarded as saviors and just rulers if they hadn't respected people under their reign, including Jews and Chrstians. There's no doubt that freedom of religion and a ban of slavery was present in Persia for centuries since 560 B.C.
@@sepehr.javaheri you still don’t answer how this makes the Battle of Thermopylae and the victory of the Greeks in the Persian Wars a “debunked” Ancient Greek propaganda.
Crazy to think the Spartans which were outnumbered fought 4 different times trying to get back Leonidas’s body
The bond of a warrior king and his men is stronger than any bond that exists today
@@cow117yt6 well said brother!
@@cow117yt6 True very true
@@cow117yt6 it was his son who lead the charge, but yes they loved their king. (Though he had many slaves and his wife far ;away)
"Immortals.... We'll put their name to the test."
Vic Diesel they were called immortal cause if one of them was dead another soldier was replaced with him
Saeed Pirveisi And that soldier is also dead
Alejandro Sanchez 😂😂😂 facts but another will replace the other dead soldier so yea 😂😂😂
IRCG immortals awaits. Just try....
I'm sorry but Greeks were the guys who couldn't take a punch and fell lol 😂 Persians won
Earthquake?
No, captain, battle formations.
EARN THESE SHIELDS BOYS!
@@Arganith AOOOOOOOOO!
I'm very impressed how they don't fall down when the Persian push them instead the Persian tht fall
@@abdullah_6458 SPARTANS Lay down your weapons!
PERSIAN! Come and get them!!
The fact Spartans pushed back even after their King was killed to get his body shows how badass they all were. Such a badass group of men
Wow didn't know the Persians had samurais, mongols and ottomans in their army!
yaşa r/woooosh
Lamellar armor and dome-style helmets were used by everyone in those days. Just goes to show how effective lamellar and scale armor is if the Persians used it more than 2000 years ago, and Japan continued to use it until just about 300 years ago.
That style of armor is so cheap and effective that the look of it hasn't changed much in all those years, even if people eventually ended up using chain mail and steel plate later on in the 10th century.
@yaşa Nop that's why the video is wrong.
@@LordSeethe But none of those portrayed as specifically Persian were actually Persian from the Achaemenid Empire. Immortals in that period wore the Persian tiara, but the actual form is uncertain, as some sources describe it as a cloth or felt cap. Those vectors used to represent them were either made up (the fake horned Germanic opera helmets) or from other empires such as the Ottoman Janissaries who wear a turban headdress with a steretypical Turkish moustache, the samurai kabuto helmet with clearly 14th century Muromachi period samurai armor, the Mongol looking warriors are using Khatangu-degel armour with a typical disc plate in their chest used also by Manchus, Koreans, Chinese, Russians and Turkic peoples from the middle ages using a dao/falchion styled sword.
@@lilplayboy98 but not China and Japan
THIS IS WHERE WE HOLD THEM
THIS IS WHERE WE *FIGHT*
*THIS* IS WHERE *THEY DIE*
Lost_illusion And these shields boys!
@@bennyfitzgerald4457 "earn these shields boys"
@@islandboy5173 AOOOOOOOOO!
I am so proud of you guys😢
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Leonidas didn't surrender because he couldn't. Spartans were not allowed to retreat in battles. They had to either win or die and do they did
Facts
That's actually not true lol, or every lost battle would result in the entire decimation of their army. Fleeing battle was a no-go, but retreating was as every bit normal in Sparta than it was in the rest of the world. It was because of this battle where the rumor/legend of "Spartans never retreat" was born.
That and they had to hold their ground for as long as possible. The rest of the Greek coalition retreated and the Spartans and a few hundred other Greeks had to be the rearguard from calvary or else the entire army would be destroyed.
They famously surrendered to Athens during the Peloponnesian war began Spartans didn’t use bows and arrows because it was cowardly and a small group was slowly getting picked off by anchors. Anyway it such a huge deal, jokes were allegedly made about wear are the real Spartas? ect. Surrounding is not the same as retreating but it was so imbedded into Spartan society to die fighting that it was monumental news at the time. Athens streets were full to whiteness the Spartan prisoners as it was it heard of. They were similar to Vikings in the sense that it was so imbedded to die fighting that they most like never or rarely retreated just because they actually wanted to die in battle. After all only men who died in battle (and women who died in child birth) were allowed grave stones. To die peacefully was a great personal shame.
Auto correct has absolutely butchered a lot of the words I was saying but hopefully everyone got what I was trying to say.
I’m glad the Spartans sacrifice was not forgotten
Yeah 10.000 persians almost lost to 300 spartans, I cannot imagine how weak they were
@@yourfriendlyjacob1171 they were cowards
@@garilla2896 yeah
@@yourfriendlyjacob1171 bro the Spartans wanted to run from the Persians, their allies convinced them to stay. The Spartan's military was barely above average for the time. it was around 10k greeks btw
@@yourfriendlyjacob1171 how did they "almost lose"? Every single spartan was killed in the battle
Spartans: *Knock Knock*
Persians: *Who's there?*
Spartans: *Dishes*
Persians: *Dishes Who?*
Spartans: *DISHESS SPARTAAA!*
i don't get it
Deaths Reaper In the movie he said “this is spartaaaaa!”
Deaths Reaper you have to see 300.
Persean or persia or iran
MADNESS?
"You there... may you live forever."
What a cutting line. Perfect
Nope I'd rather die
Greatest insult
The curse
Ephialtes the Traitor
"Greek soldiers wore heavy breastplates"
*shows them being shirtless and only having them with brown and red underwear*
Edit: Nah, dudes the Spartans' abs are their bronze breastplates.
Yes. Good.
Hollywood
@@GreenLyfe00 You mean comics, Hollywood just adapted the comic.
Probably so that you could tell them apart from the others more easily, as it is the most iconic and recognizable look for the Spartans.
@@bobjones1432 I'm pretty sure their abs and biceps *ARE* their armor.
"Its we who choose to die at feets rather than live on knees"
Me: Plays assassin’s creed odyssey
I’m a spartan expert
Dominick Garcia heh heh exactly same here. Thanks to Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, I am quite immersed in Greek history and culture
Ikr
Same hahaha
Dominick Garcia sane 😂
That’s literally why I click on this video
I've been to Thermopylae, the place where The Greeks saved Western Civilization. The feeling when you're there and looking around is amazing, especially the mound where the last remaining Spartans made their last stand. Archaelogists found thousands of arrows buried around the same spot. Even with so few of the 300 left, the overwhelming number of the enemy army still found the need to use their archers instead of going in for hand to hand combat to finish them.
May the memory of the warriors who gave their lives there live forever.
Yeah well considering archers were the main weapon of the Persian army that makes sense ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
You should watch less 300 and pick up a textbook.
@@jediwheels1781 wdym. All the staff he said were facts and well researched.
@currency ma and the whole middle east,europe,Asia are full of greek DNA mostly Europe and middle east but still you are sayin that the greeks didn't save the western civilisation while it's a fact that greeks are the western civilisation themselves but even if the weren't they still saved it from asians and other empires in middle east.
@@jediwheels1781 hater/loser
They should have made a plaque or written stone with all spartans names ..that would have been amazing
*Leonidas has joined the server*
Supposedly he was already 60 yrs old back then... He must be pretty old right now... 😂
xerxes has left the server
herobrine zoro Hades said “Can we get a rip in the chat
the Rashidun caliphate has joined the server
@@TheInfographicsShow efialtis is the translation of nightmare in Greek
"Is it an earthquake?" - "It's battle formations"
"Surrender your weapons" - "Come and get them"
"Our arrows will block out the sun" - "Then we will fight in the shade"
"Come back with your shield, or on it."
The sacrifice of Leonidas and the men who stood alongside him not only preserved athenian culture, and enabled them to eventually beat back the Persian empire, but went down in history as some of the greatest warriors who ever lived, and their story lives on more than two thousand years later.
@arab man What are you on about?
except that they didnt really preserve the culture and enable them to beat them back since the Persians couldnt really give chase and attack in time anyway so their sacrifice was basically for nothing
@@kumquat5207 well you know what the story is so if nothing else it made it so they will always be remembered.
Sparta had a average military at the time the spartan myth has been blown out of context and they were not as powerful as people are lead to belive
@@rayansharma2042 I mean thier size definitely wasn't powerful but most of the soldiers were definitely better than an average Persian or Athenian soldier.
*Closes the video*
*Installs Assassin’s Creed Odyssey*
Good Idea
R U 1 2 are you gonna hop into a time machine and experience reality for yourself? Oh wait.
R U 1 2
If you found a way to experience *history* tell me cuz everyone likes the reality lol
real shame that Odyssey was more interested in pushing sjw politics than telling accurate history. The monuments and general geography are pretty much the only thing thats accurate in the game.
The game actually has an extreme historical accuracy and historical/mythological story telling, so you wouldn't even need to watch this video really.
Persia: *exists*
Greeks: *peace was never an option*
Well no. Persia tried to take over Greece for it's trade routes. So Persia was in the wrong.
@@dddsddbdb the winners write history, i’m sure there was more too it from the persian perspective
Alexandra the great: not anymore
@@gavinodem5788 you are very wrong on that
Herodotus and Thucydides were the first to write down history and they had very high standars
Thucydides who was very objective even when his own city state fought a war agaist another city state (there was a lot of hate between each side)
Thucydides is the first historian, the first man with the idea of objectively writing down events for the future generations
@@gavinodem5788 THE WINNERS DON'T WRITE HISTORY , what dobyou think will happen if someone began sending books for the academy using as source only documents or propaganda of one country you would be shamed for that.
How the Macedonians be when the Persians conquered them: *holds up sign* "SOON"
I see you are a history matters fan
i would like to ask for an explanation for me and the world who doesn't get this reference .
History matters 😁
@@REALANSHUMAN This is a reference to the Macedonian empire and Alexander the Great
I love macadamia nuts
Macedonians WERE Greeks.
Alexander himself took part in the Olympics wich was ONLY for Greeks
Only for Greeks. They would have won 0 medals if Persians participated
The first Macedonian king that took part in the Olympics was first rejected because he wasn't seen as a greek, so he sent a genealogy to the organizers that "proved" that he was a descendant of greeks. Since then, the Macedonian kings were allowed to take part in the Olympics. But what does the story tell us about how the Greeks viewed the Macedonians?
I think the Macedonians were a people that were closely related to the Greeks but were not quite Greeks.
@@firstaidsackIt seems that you studied history at college but as you already know macedonians origins were from (modern day) Argos . They were totally greeks even if they had no democracy and they spoke a greek dialect (but still, many greek city states spoke a dialect of ancient greek).
In balkans (as you already know again I guess ) there were 3 different nationalities . Hellenes (dorians , ionians , aiolians) ,Ilirians and Tharcans not Macedonians
I like your passion in history man !
@@firstaidsack people have found ancient Macedonian sheets. I'm Greek and I can still read them after 2000 years. Nobody else can. cause Macedon was Greek.
and he spoke greek, and his teacher "ARISTOTEL" is greek, teaching him greek, in a greek state "MACEDONIA"!!!
*History :*
Sparta vs Persia
*Present :*
Pewdiepie vs T-Series
who?
@@titanax03 What?
Future: youtube vs Twitter.
Just 100 times more intense ... Sub to pdp btw
Lol
I think we all know that those “freak storms at sea” weren’t freak storms at all but Zeus and Poseidon lending a hand.
And Hades’ job was welcoming the souls to the underworld.
True
Sad that you mentioned Themistocles such a small amount of time. He was the one who built up the Athenian naval fleet, and he was one of the generals in charge of the Athenian naval fleet. He convinced the Athenian citizens to abandon the city of Athens, and thus allowed every able-bodied Athenian male to man the Athenian triremes. He also convinced the Greek alliance to stand against the Persians BECAUSE of this Athenian investment into the war.
Themistocles was also the lead strategists for the entire Battle of Thermopylae. He noted the narrow passage and convinced the allied Greek army to hold the Persians there.
In short, don't forget about Themistocles.
It's cuz Leonidas has a reverse card
Facts
It's crazy how the Greeks defeated the Persians when they had Samurai and Canons on their ships. But I guess it's easy when all of your troops have arm muscles larger than my head.
@@justaboy3123 I'm surprised someone actually knew that lots of people don't even know that. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with others. Lol
i don't think they had canons bud
@@NSFMoriginal excuse me, watch the video. The facts are all there.
@@justaboy3123 you forgot that spartans naturally produce deca and tren
Plus the video is wrong in a lot of things
“You bring the crowns and heads of conquered kings to my city steps. You insult my queen. You threaten my people with slavery and death! Oh, I've chosen my words carefully, Persian. Perhaps you should have done the same!”
This is blasphemy, this is madness!
Madness?......
THIS!
IS!
SPARTAAAA!!!
slavery wasnt much of a threat to the spartan people as most of them were already slaves
bro do you know history? spartans had slaves while Persians abolished it and had more tolerance of religion while the spartans forced people to become soldiers and trained them since they were kids and the Persians were more peaceful while the spartans weren't peaceful
@No_NameFair point sorta, their slaves werent from sparta, but still, and also the Persians didnt have slaves anyway either, yet the Spartans did
Macedonia is greek. Macedonia since the ancient years has been the northen part of greece and still is greek today. The country you are talking about is northen macedonio that only last year has been considered an independent country and has nothing to do with actual greeks. Northern macedonians aren't greek they are slavs and have stolen the name by political games and well played tricks.
@Provocateur lol sure μαλακα
@Provocateur you are wrong man but i wont argue as you obviously have little to no historical knowledge
@@ΑλέξανδροςΚοπραλής τρολαρει ο αλλος να ξες
@Provocateurprobably troll but Spartans were Greek and come from the islands south. Athenians for obviously Greek and Macedonians were also Greek.
Η Ελλάδα είναι για όλους, η Μακεδονία είναι για όλους αν θέλουν το όνομα τότε πρέπει να είμαστε ανώτεροι, να τους το δώσουμε (επισήμος γιατί ούτως ή άλλως αναγνωρίζονται έτσι ήδη) και να τους βοηθήσουμε να μπουν στην Ευρώπη. Μπορεί να έχουμε δικαίωμα σε αυτό το όνομα, όμως δεν έχουμε κανένα δικαίωμα να μην τους αφήσουμε να αναπτυχθούν σαν λαός επειδή δεν μπορούμε να μοιραστούμε την πολιτιστική κληρονομιά μας ( η οποία εν μέρη είναι και δικιά τους)
Me: *watches the movie “300”*
*I’m a spartan expert*
Ashdown yes
Only Greeks are true spartans
The Biker only Spartans are true Spartans
Victor Nikolai wasnt Mycenae one of them
I like the fact that 300
Was the most inaccurate movie to Persians Xerexes wasn’t Black with piercings tf
*NO PRISONERS!*
*AHOO!*
*NO MERCYYYYYY!*
*AHOO!*
SPARTANNSSSS
Loud Vietnamese noises
Imagine someone sneezing while war crying
AHOO!
Leonidas: SPARTANS WHAT IS THE SCIENTIFIC WORD FOR GOLD?!
Spartan Soldiers: AU AU AU!!!
The Spartans are the coolest military people in history I would be in the Greek side
Which one?
King David’s army would clap the Spartans in seconds David’s mighty men were literally killing giants lionmen and chimera
@@smallkidalexmomonlyfansat1551 because his army was more materialized, better equipment and weapons, and better technology
@@smallkidalexmomonlyfansat1551 Coolest not strongest
The reason is they made Persians look like bad pp but iff u read the history Persian were the most civilized empire ever
4:36 Persian Immortals ( shows samurai)
Shielded samurais
Who care
@@xxminecraftpvpproxx2408 I care
Actually that’s Canadian
The immortals wore grey armor and helmet though I do agree the sword is a bit samurai.
I literally just learned this in school. The fbi dude watching me just stepped up his game.
😂😂😂
If they told you that Macedonia and Greece are separate, for your own good find another teacher to teach you history.
@@cerealkiller7143 they are
Macedonia is GREECE🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
Same
One number comes to mind: *_300_*
Plus their few thousand friends who also fought and died. Mostly died.
I had a different number come to mind. 117.
The only number on my mind is 69
It’s 666
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As a Persian I believe this video is amazing, completely neutral and objective without bias or racism, Well done. The Movie "300" broke our hearts as it showed our people as bloodthirsty mindless beasts, I mean the who met with Leonidas was more like a creature from the Lord of the Rings than a human being. Ancient Persia was the first country to abolish slavery and form the concept of paid workers. King Cyrus the Great was the first leader who recognised human rights; his famous declaration of Human rights is celebrated as the first declaration to this day and is respected by the UN. Ancient Persia freed slaves and let people hold whatever religious beliefs they wanted to and would - most probably- not have invaded Greece had it not been because of their involvement in the Ionic rebellion and their threat to the kingdom (as stated in this video).
As a Greek of Ionic descent ,I want to express my appreciation and admiration for the Ancient Persian Civilization. Different but one of the greatest civilizations.Persians were our worthy opponents.Alexander the Great already admitted this before he died.
I also send hello to my Greek brothers and sisters and wish them a long and fruitful life. Unfortunate that since my country isnt in good relationships with the west they were portrayed really poorly in the movie.
My grandfather fought in the Battle of Thermopylae.
Michael Villasenor my grandfather was a conquistador and helped defeat the aztecs
@@zigzgshodzixhoxohxh3800 My father killed Abraham Lincoln.
lol
But you grandfather wouldn't be over a 1,000 years old I think you meant ancestors
Giovanni H r/woooosh
"Greece could have resisted the advances of the Macedonians"
that's why you shouldn't learn history from youtube: Macedonia was (and is) part of Greece.
Δεν θα καταλάβουν μέχρι να σφαξουμε αυτούς τους ψεύτες
@cinciillini8484 'the rest of Greece' would be a better way to put it though.
@@teodorgeorgievski1148 Read some history books, you need it.
@@teodorgeorgievski1148 Alexandros (his real greek name) unite greeks against persia for revense . in all his life was says how proud greek he is as descedant of Achilles and Hercules ...you are confuse him with his father who has battles with the other greek city states...very common in the greek world.....
@@teodorgeorgievski1148 so you watch this video and all the others video of greece in this channel... you are referring to a nation with at least 5000 years of history... and 1000 things I can say about Greece... but the first thing you say is "greece must be the dumbest nation" BRUHHHH you literally must have 300 iq
I'm so proud
**Looks back in the flashback of Meet The Spartans**
Lol american idol there 😂
Funnily enough I just finished watching meet the Spartans an hour ago. Seeing this video reminds me of the seen when the Spartans and Persians where doing a break dance battle 😂
Yeah that movie is one of the funniest parody's ever
@@suvratpandit5701 why is it rated 2.7? I wanna watch it if its good but its rating is too low
@@emraldswrd parody's are always rated low...there's a movie called "dude where's my car" the critics trashed that movie as well..
But if you watch it then that movie is one of the best comedies of all time....watch meet the Spartans you won't regret it...if you haven't watched 300 first ( which I assume you have) then watch 300 first
"Immortals, we put their name to the test" one of the best lines from 300.
Not exactly from history It's from the Frank Miller's comics ... they didnt knew why were they called the Immortals.
Just in games and Hollywood movies. Not in reality. Persian army was best marvelous miraculous unbeatable army of all the time, peaceful army.
@@Ace.Hunter true
But you know, let them be
They could defeat us in real word so let them defeat us in video games and social media 😂
This video left out the most crucial words from history: “Molon Labe” = King Leonids said “Come and get them” when King Xerxes asked the Spartans to lay down their weapons.
Re proud to be Cypriot
Like Gregorious Auxentiou
Exactly right
Were you there ?!
Did you hear with your own ears ?!
By no means can I believe these events are like children's stories!
It's interesting that I've heard this dialogue many times in Hollywood, isn't it suspicious?
It seems that 2500 years ago, a scribe always recorded all the words, shouts and events of the war on the scene in incredible detail!
It's really funny ...
@@A-msaaren legends grow, but I don’t doubt someone of a Spartan mindset would say that
@@ajfite1277
Do you mean the legend of the Spartans ?! (Comedy Story No. 2)!!
Philip II of Macedon, after invading southern Greece and receiving the submission of other key city-states, he turned his attention to Sparta and asked menacingly whether he should come as friend or foe.
The reply was "Neither."
Losing patience, he sent the message: "You are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people, and raze your city":
The Spartan ephors again replied with a single word: "If".
Λεωνανδρος Περγαμενος badass.
A lot of dramatic quotes and responses that don't mean jack, lol. Industry and sruvival and statehood are boring affairs and aren't dramatic. Historically dramatic leaders and people didn't last too long because reality doesn't work by saying neither, if, this that, googoogaga. Those same conservative SPartans took bribes from Persians when it suited them. What did they say then? Yes. No. Please. Money.
@@rrnsensei9240 and people will continue repressing.
@@rrnsensei9240 the fact that 2480 years later videos are made to glorify Spartans literal Nazis of the ancient world while Persians, who tolerated other languages and religions are vilified you know you're wrong in your hope.
@@saeedvazirian snowflake alert
And lets make it clear: Macedonia was an ancient Greek Kingdom, in Greece.
And?
The other Greeks didn't consider Macedonia to be Greek, which is part of the reason why Macedonia conquered them
@Δήμιος His dad, Philip II, united Greece by conquering them, and then died, and Alexander won their favour and conquered everything. But they were 100% conquered by Macedonia. For example, the battle of Chaeronia in 338 BCE was when Philip II crushed the combined forces of Athens and Thebes, with Alexander as a general.
I think he’s talking about the former Yugoslavia Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) not being Greek, theyre not even the Greek Macedonians associated with Alexander the Great. FYROM are Slavic people.
Not really. The ancient FYROMians ("Macedonians") spoke a western dialect of Bulgarian, so they were Slavic-Bulgarian people. They were barbarians with no connection to Greece. The ancient FYROMians were described as Slavophones living north of Greece, so they couldn't have been Greek. They were Bulgarians. But they wish they were Greek of course.
The reason this battle is so fascinating is because it was one of "the last stand" battles, when a group of men decides to, instead of retreating or surrendering, leave it all on the battlefield.
Big wrongs : 1 ) Macedonian empire was also greek
2) phrase "molon lave " means :come to get them (about weapons)
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ=αν εχεις το ψυχικο σθενος παρτα.
ΕΛΘΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ =ελα παρτα
10:35 Macedonians were also Greeks. And In fact the Greeks did conquer the whole ancient world. Alexander the Great conquered Persia, Egypt, and India.
SO Iran First Empire.
Alexander the Great didn't really conquer Egypt but more so Egyptians accepted him as pharaoh since he kicked the Persians out,took control but not really "conquer" in the traditional sense.
He only really win against a small Kingdom in India and he never went anywhere near China.
Kevin Gonzalez He actually did fight and win a couple of battles against the Egyptians.
@@sigmaalpha8698 when? I never read about any battles in Egypt from what I remember it was the easiest part of Alexander's campaign after the siege of Tyre, Egyptians accept him as a savior and ruler without a struggle.
Kevin Gonzalez Ah yes, you’re right. It was the Tyrians he fought against. After the victory against the Tyrians, Alexander was accepted by the Egyptians and was made into a Pharaoh.
Athenians, Spartans, Macedonians e.t.c had something in common.
Speeking Greek, wrighting in Greek, believing in Greek gods. They where all Greeks.
that might be true but Athens and Sparta were always fighting each other for supremacy and there are two battles (at least two) that show how many differences they had despite the common language and common soil . One battle separated in two different places , one outside Sparta and one outside the city walls of Athens (acropolis) which was the result of an open provocation of Athenians to Spartans which Leonidas took personally and one battle in Sicilia , which Spartans won again of course and the outcome was an Athens left without leadership or almost without any leadership at least .
they where all hellenics* Macedonians being considered inferior for they political organization and spartha and athens considered spheres of influence for they political organizations
Herodotus, The Histories 9.45.1-2
Alexander's I' of Macedon speech to the Athenians the night before the battle of Plataea:
“Men of Athens, I give you this message in trust as a secret which you must reveal to no one but Pausanias, or else you will be responsible for my undoing. In truth I would not tell it to you if I did not care so much for all Hellas; I myself am by ancient descent a Greek, and I would not willingly see Hellas change her freedom for slavery"
clarification, Alexander I of Macedonia, not Alexander III, the famous one. and in the text of herodotus are the same macedonians that claim themselves greeks, not sparthans or athenians, thats clarified in borzas studies about herodotus and, even claiming that the title of "philhellene" that Alexander gain thakns to his efort against the persians is the same given for none greeks, "friend of the hellenes"
so yes, they shared the same lenguage and culture, but where seen as inferior, thous the need to claim themselves and (in philipos time) to conquer the cities
This was one of the most important moments in history, especially when it comes to Western Democraxy. The World would probably look much different if Leonidas had decided not to make his stand. Their heroic last stand helped unite the remaining City States. I don't know why this gets overlooked so much, but it was an extremely important moment. All hail, Leonidas!
Because it really didn't change anything Spartans lost the battle and Persians burned the athen . The fact that Greeks won the war has nothing to do with this battle.
And about "western democracy" years after this Spartans allied with the Persians to destroy Athens democracy
@@someguy-bv3il it's not like this, it is known that one of the reasons of the progress and development of the western civilization is the victory of "Greece" against the Persian empire, the world as we know it today could not exist if Leonidas didn't show to the other Greek polis that the Persians were not invincible, and it's because of him (basically taking time) that Athens could be evacuated.
Certain elements of our modern governments don't like European men hearing of the brave sacrafices our ancestors made, and the hope it would give us today in the face of migrant invasions
@@chance2413 let me guess a member of storm front.
yeah, not true
Don't worry you guys it's not a sad ending. The Greeks had the last laugh as a united Greece led by a great man 146 years later conquered the Persian empire.
I have to do my Greek history research
And later defeated by Indian Empire
@@ShubhamChavan-if5mf alexander the great never lost.Also indian empire wasn't a big deal for Greeks
@@stavrosp6810 bro he was defeated by Chandragupta Maurya and forced to retreat you can do research 🤷
@@ShubhamChavan-if5mf Alexander was undefeated
Leonidas name echoes in eternity
2500 years later still talked about...legend
Small correction.... Macedonia is Greek
Provocateur It's common sense lol what
There's another small correction.... Cyprus is Grecce
@Gorgi Serafimovski Agean Macedonia what crap is this? 🤣🤣
Nope they are just trying to make their way to greece . We wont let that happen .🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
@Gorgi Serafimovski Turkey's economy is actually in a worse situation then ours. Ours is improving. Their's is already in the middle of inflation.
The fact that Leonidas King of Sparta fought with his men for 3 days is actually the crazy part
Persians: 100, 000 is enough to conquer Greece.
Leonidas: Hold my spear
Also Leonidas : (recruits 299 personal guards)
Persians: Are we a joke to you?
CREEKS ON KOREA WAR
True warrior
Leonidas: yes.
300 Guards. The spartans started as 301 as 300 was the lowest amount of guards a king could have
Macedonians were Greeks just like Athenians , Spartans etc .....
dante The video says that. Thrace, Macedon and the rest greek.
Not all Greeks were viewing Macedonians as Barbarians, also those who did it was because the Macedonians had a Monarchic system unlike the rest Greeks who had a Democratic or an Oligarchic one. Epirotans were also seen as barbarian from those Greeks for the same reason
@Βασίλειος Μπεσλεμές the macedonians are for sure greeks but not the thraceans
Only Greek were able to participate in the Olympics and many kings of the Macedon dynasty (which is said that came from the city of Argos in southern Greece) participated, among them Alexander the Great himself.
Correct, but the fact that a united "southern Greece" (an alliance of Athens, Sparta, etc.) could potentially slow down the advancement of the Hellenic civilization is possible (i think this is what the video is trying to say at 10:24 ). If Fillip hadn't united the whole Greece under one rule, due to an immense resistance by a city-state alliance, we would look today to see a completely different world, not necessarily better nor worse.
I stopped watching after 5 minutes and 30 seconds. Too many inaccuracies to continue. I would list them all, but that would take time I do not have. Instead I'll name the two most recent ones I heard, and saw before I stopped watching:
5:08 Those are cannons. Those are cannons on a "trireme", an ancient vessel made thousands of years before the first cannon was ever made.
5:19 There was no such thing as rowing slaves (galley slaves) in these times, both the ancient Greeks and Persians did not use slaves to row their ships, but skilled oarsmen. This tradition of skilled oarsmen was even used by Rome and Carthage. Rowing slaves in use for this time are more Hollywood fiction than actual fact.
For a channel named the "Infographics show", I at least expected the graphics to be more accurate than the words that were spoken.
The cannons were just for the animation, I dont think anyone believed people back in those days had cannons.
not to mention the "immortals" soldiers were dressed in samurai armor and held katanas...
@@Spidercowyboy IKR??!!!
The Cool Persian No one is perfect
Those are are just in the animation.
The Spartans were taught from a young age to never surrender, which is why he stayed and fought. In the film 300, the queen says to Leonidas, " Spartan, come home with your shield, or on it", meaning come home victorious, or dead.
"Ήταν η επί τας"
Just because it was in movie, its not true. you do know that, right?
@@diggingupnorth3453 yes, I do know that. It was also a standard good-bye for Spartan people going to war.
@@ronstreet6706
As far as I study:
Beheading innocent babies, attacking surrounding areas, years of war and bloodshed with Athens, homosexuality due to being away from the real world, being tortured from childhood just to learn to bleed more violently and slavery...
These were the standard of the Spartans!
They were born slaves and were slaves for the rest of their lives!
Neither democracy nor freedom, both are funny for the Spartans ...
Greeks finally did unify under Alexander the Great and did conquer the ancient world all the way to India. Macedonians were Greeks too @The Infographics Show.
@Prakhar Narula you know about indogreek kingdom after alexanders deth right ?
@@pasal99
This kingdom only controlled a small part of India in the northwest, in accordance with what @
Prakhar Narula said.
@@pasal99 yes probably like 2 present states for what 70 years?
Got reconquered by Mauryas.
But Greeks were indegeniousied very soon.
alexander failed to conquer the world.
@@saeedvazirian yeah because when he came india .he was defeated by a saint 👍
*Assassin's Creed Odyssey irl*
Was just about to write that lol
Wrong *Civilization 6*
Someone on the Infographics Show was definitely playing Assassin's Creed: Odyssey before they decided to make this video.
Evariste Galois when you realize the game was based on the Battle
Evariste Galois me too
Spartans had the greatest trash talk in the ancient world
Ikr. Darius told them that if he reached Laconia, he would level it to the ground. The spartans' one word reply was: If.
@@prashanthraghavendran2628 They also turned into trash as well.
@@saeedvazirian lol
guys lets respect each other. No hatred between Iran and Greece comon
Larry bird
There my be 7000 men, but it’s still one of the greatest military acts in history
Those weren’t Persian soldiers those were Samurai...
Outsidethe B.X was very very goddam confused and then you see a bunch of other non Persian soldiers
True. Also some of them looked like bunch of medival indian infantry with mustache.
Yeah, it's kind of inaccurate xD
I know right
Some look like Turkic or Chinese Light Infantry.
Macedonians are greeks, the northern Macedonia known as FYROM is another story
stfu
Stfu
Macedon is and will EVER be GREEK
Skopian bitches getting triggered
Never heard of you Former Yougoslavian Republic of Retards
And then a couple hundred years later Alexander the Great said “fine I guess I’ll do it myself”
Eh, not so much. He skipped Sparta. He did not want to commit so many forces to take it.
Top ten most intense anime battles
@Provocateur since when were Germans importing Persians into Europe?
@Provocateur A slav complaining about unwanted migration to Western Europe? LOL
The funny thing is that I love watching you guys videos but at the same time I learn about something every single day ❤
Watching a history series on Netflix
I know a bit of history myself
Grimmoon 678 whats kg called
Grimmoon 678 which series?
and chill.
I am from greece... Nice video👍👍
Greece was also one of the first places where coins took root and where able to function like they do today. The silver coins where so consistent in purity from Athens that they where used throughout the Mediterranean.
@Provocateur???
Ancient Greece is ONE of the first examples of a working monetary system. They actually used GOLD coins to trade however after some time, the coins were mixed with copper and brass(I think), which drove the value of the actual gold coins significantly higher. This actually resulted in inflation as the Greeks were making coins from less rare and scarce materials.
@@jeerdace8625 No, Lydia is the first example of a working monetary system; the Lydians invented coins.
@@ertuncdelikaya8237 Is Lydia happen before Ancient Greece?
@@L16htW4rr10r See "Lydia", "Lydians" and "Lydian language" on Wikipedia.
Rip leonidas we should respect him for
What he did
Naw
Except that Leonidas didnt send anyone on a retreat. The main force in Sparta were there to defend the city if the force in the hot gate should fail.
Just to know, Thrace and Macedonia is also Greek.
Tell that to the original Greeks. No one back then considered Thrace or Macedon as Greek. They were considered barbarians. So not really. Different language, different fighting style, and different religion. Nothing is "Greek" about them until Phillip II came along and based the Macedon army off of the Greeks.
@@nikosawp actually SilentProphecy is correct. The very sources the greeks have provided us, theatre, politics, histories and more, they considered pretty much anybody north of Thessaly as barbaric peoples, who have an unintelligible language, or an accent so horrendously butchered you just thought they were making literal noises. Philip II being a hostage in Thebes and growing up there and around their military, for sure once he was returned to Makedon he was able to maintain Greco-Makedon relations as well as modeling his army on his idealized version of the Theban tactics, including their knack for pretty decent cavalry. Its a shame when Greeks dont know their own history XD
@@1ArmorGods That is factually incorrect. It is documented by many historians that the Macedonians were considered barbarians not because of their nationality, but because of their government.
The Epirotes were actually considered the same Barbarians. Yet, they were Greek as well.
And no, Macedonians did not have Different language, different fighting style and religion.
They spoke a branch of early Greek and then Koine Greek which spread into Persia;
They fought in Phalanxes (The Sarissa is the same phalanx as the Spear which it was inspired by)
And they worshipped the same Gods.
As for no one considered them Greek, i will remind you of what happened when Alexander I Tried to join the Olympics. He was denied entry cause he had links to Persia but he claimed patriotism and in the end proved his Greek lineage by tracing his house roots on Argos.
Panayiotis K. Keep kidding yourself buddy. Mainland Greeks are actually a mix of people from the Balkans. That is why the DNA of the mainland Greeks and Albanians are so close. While Greeks more South have different DNA. And Greeks living on islands have completely different genetics.
Most Greeks are genetically closer to gypsy Romanians. And Bulgarians than to any other people from the Balkans.
@@onee Greek and Albanian DNA is not close. You are, again, incorrect. But keep kidding yourself
So inspiring. I feel like fighting. The old world was the best ever. Now there are no men of great deeds anymore. No bravery like in the times of old.
Why are Persians wearing samurai armour?
because the west always acts dumb when talking about people who defeated them
Fake
@@alimoradi8454 چی میگی داداش
@@alimoradi8454 That doesn't even make sense in the context of this video...
@@alimoradi8454 the west?
just remember...
'this is sparta' is a lv.45 move.
Like Εάν κατάλαβες τι διάβασες μόλις τωρα
Πολυξένη Σ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΑ
insert translation here*haha
@@ErikaBracamonte-- Like "If you understand what you just read"
@@Procomenos lets do it in spanish
@@Procomenos Like"si entendiste lo que acabas de leer"
wait this is cool
(my world history teacher sent our class this so that we could do an assignment and I'm perfectly fine with that.)
this channel is lit
THE 300 SPARTANS, with Richard Egan was the first, best, most accurate movie about this!
Also, ephialtis is the modern Greek word for 'nightmare'.
My favourite spartan quote is would it please you to wade knee deep in their gore my friend no my lord neck deep!
Glory and death, Sparta will never surrender!!
Ritter Kreuz Economy says otherwise
@Average viewer Newsflash, that's a line from Sabaton-Sparta mate lol. Besides, the Greek economy is miles ahead of any other economy on the Balkans excluding Turkey.
@Average viewer Turkey IS Also Part OF The Indo-Irano family.
@Average viewer When did I say that Iran was Turkey or a Balkan state? I said that the Greek economy is miles ahead of any economy on the Balkans only surpassed by the Turks.
@Average viewer Separate Wasn't A Country! They Were A Sate OF Aten Empire (Old Greek).
Infographics: the persians were brutal tyrants
Persains: brutally put down revolts but allowed ruled peoples to keep their culture and form of government, unlike the empires they replaced that brutally opressed everyone they ruled, loyal or not
Yeeeeah this is some whitewashed 300-worship. The Persian Empire was actually a LOT more modern/progressive than the Greek city-states.
@@Surteronarto uh oh someone is scared of the truth
@@pinkpenzu
The tuth is the persians did nothing for humanity and were far from benevolent.
@@teyrncousland7152 they were far better than the spartans considering they are one of the most progressive empires back then. But whites and fanboys will never admit that. Their inferiority complex wouldnt allow it
@@pinkpenzu
Sure if these are the lies you wish to tell yourself, but the whites are not the ones with the inferior complex here.
I always had doubts on this. Great video
Assassin's Creed Odessey!!!!🔥🔥💙
*THIS IS SKILLSHARE !*
The Persian floating bridge across the Dardanelles is one of the greatest engineering feats of the ancient world.
Ok
Right up there with Alexander turning Tyre from an island to a peninsula.
I mean he just put wooden boards in between his boats
@@captainopvious7498 you jelly?
@@no.5304 kid shut up, what do you know 😂 go do your homework
«Honor to those who in their lives have defined and guard their Thermopylae.
Never stirring from duty;
just and upright in all their deeds,
yet with pity and compassion too;
generous when they are rich, and when
they are poor, again a little generous,
again helping as much as they can;
always speaking the truth,
yet without hatred for those who lie.
And more honor is due to them
when they foresee (and many do foresee)
that Ephialtes will finally appear,
and that the Medes in the end will go through».
Eternal glory to our formidable ancestors 🔥🏛️🇬🇷
The macedonians are greeks as well
@@aleksk4151 nope
@@aleksk4151
Just no
@@aleksk4151 you're dumb....but ok..
@@appleseed2933 challenge me :D
@@aleksk4151 challenge you?