Sparta - The Battle of Thermopylae - Sabaton History 041 [Official]

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  • The Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BCE may be one of the most famous battles in Ancient History. King Leonidas and his 300 Spartans were certainly not as alone in their last stand against the spartans, but are nevertheless remembered as being an underdog who would rather die than lose their freedom.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 638

  • @SabatonHistory
    @SabatonHistory  Рік тому +10

    We think everyone should be a bit more like the Spartans. What do you think?
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    • @j-gaming463
      @j-gaming463 5 місяців тому

      we need to be more sabaton so we can feel like we will defend sparta and defend from the horde

  • @mithridates8890
    @mithridates8890 4 роки тому +726

    Fun fact: The traitor's name, Ephialtes, has since come to mean 'nightmare' in the Greek language.

    • @mikedim149
      @mikedim149 3 роки тому +11

      Τρυε στορυ

    • @bobesponja3702
      @bobesponja3702 3 роки тому +18

      He did last forever just not like that

    • @havanadaurcy1321
      @havanadaurcy1321 2 роки тому +8

      Fun fact: He didn't. Ephialtes couldn't have betrayed the Spartans because he was never a Spartan to begin with. Movie fail.

    • @mithridates8890
      @mithridates8890 2 роки тому +40

      @@havanadaurcy1321 Maybe not a Spartan, but a Greek nonetheless, who betrayed his countrymen for Persian riches.

    • @drose6437
      @drose6437 2 роки тому

      @@mithridates8890 nationalism didn't exist back then

  • @MDMetal
    @MDMetal 4 роки тому +418

    Spartans: *_EXIST_*
    Xerxes: "Why do I hear boss music?"

    • @b1laxson
      @b1laxson 4 роки тому +14

      Persian advisor: the boss was supposed to be at the end not the front!

    • @davidgray447
      @davidgray447 4 роки тому +4

      Sparta... the history of Doom Guy.... or Leonidas reborn? :D

    • @hermitcard4494
      @hermitcard4494 4 роки тому +5

      Why do I hear Bloodborne boss battle??

    • @PattyOflan88
      @PattyOflan88 4 роки тому +4

      @@b1laxson it's dark Spartan, it's a tough game man

    • @drawdeplayz8376
      @drawdeplayz8376 4 роки тому +3

      Xerxes you got fucked up

  • @blahlbinoa
    @blahlbinoa 4 роки тому +876

    I'm so early, the Persians haven't arrived yet

    • @doriankarewicz9196
      @doriankarewicz9196 4 роки тому +24

      Quickly, form a wall, live to fall

    • @andrewvarney5687
      @andrewvarney5687 4 роки тому +34

      But what about the Winged Hussars?

    • @doriankarewicz9196
      @doriankarewicz9196 4 роки тому +26

      Obviously they will run the mountain side and as a result turn the tide, duh

    • @nathanremix5800
      @nathanremix5800 4 роки тому +6

      @@andrewvarney5687 we crush em like the persian at marathon

    • @DC-ru5xz
      @DC-ru5xz 4 роки тому +12

      What about the ghost division? They’re first in the line of fire anyway

  • @SomeoneThatExists-rj5oo
    @SomeoneThatExists-rj5oo 9 місяців тому +8

    The Battle Of Thermopylae was the definition of "This battle was a warning, not a challenge."

  • @PiscatorLager
    @PiscatorLager 4 роки тому +897

    Seven years ago, with Coat of Arms, there was a first glimpse at this topic. It was a short one and left the story untold. Now, finally, we have Sabaton and a fifty-something-years-old-genious complete the circle. This is Sparta! See you on the Cruise!

    • @alexandrah9824
      @alexandrah9824 4 роки тому +8

      Hey lieber Piscator ich grüsse dich !!! Hellas forever !!! Wish you much fun !!! Liebe grüsse Alex 🤘😎🍻

    • @MilsurpMikeChannel
      @MilsurpMikeChannel 4 роки тому +53

      Piscator, the maker of Sabaton's official music videos!

    • @lexingtonbrython1897
      @lexingtonbrython1897 4 роки тому +9

      SPARTANS SHALL NEVER SURRENDER

    • @AlfredFJones1776
      @AlfredFJones1776 4 роки тому +2

      Oh look. The dude who bans comments is here again.

    • @PiscatorLager
      @PiscatorLager 4 роки тому +45

      @@AlfredFJones1776 the joke's not getting better when you tell it more often

  • @ryansarratt7520
    @ryansarratt7520 4 роки тому +469

    Persia "our arrows will block out the sun."
    Sparta "then we will fight in the shade."
    BADASS

    • @Duke_of_Lorraine
      @Duke_of_Lorraine 4 роки тому +88

      Not the best example of laconism. Once, Philip of Macedon, father of Alexander, asked for Sparta to bend the knee. He made the typical threat : "if I take your city, I will burn it to the ground and do this and this and that..."
      The Spartans andwered with one word : "if"
      Philip left Sparta be, never attacking the city.

    • @belisarius6949
      @belisarius6949 4 роки тому +21

      @@Duke_of_Lorraine jesus fucking christ sparta

    • @ortrus5911
      @ortrus5911 4 роки тому +16

      Funny thing is that they said it in the sense of "cool!, we won't have to fight under this damn hot sun"

    • @Madjo-qj2ge
      @Madjo-qj2ge 4 роки тому +36

      @@Duke_of_Lorraine If=Spartan version of "NUTS"

    • @Duke_of_Lorraine
      @Duke_of_Lorraine 4 роки тому +8

      @@Madjo-qj2ge more like when "come and get them" isn't laconic enough.

  • @essexclass8168
    @essexclass8168 4 роки тому +232

    "You are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my army on your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people and raze your city."
    -Philip of Macedon
    "If"
    -Sparta

    • @autistiumhydroxide3614
      @autistiumhydroxide3614 4 роки тому +40

      One of the earliest bruh moments in history.

    • @devinaschenbrenner2683
      @devinaschenbrenner2683 4 роки тому +16

      Philip, "Aight, ima heaf out."

    • @nberedim
      @nberedim 4 роки тому +5

      If (Αίκα)

    • @quimble2177
      @quimble2177 4 роки тому

      @Urarettin -D- Lexxar Its something I wish more people realised. He wasn't so much fear, just that it wasn't really worth it.

    • @lentrax2991
      @lentrax2991 Рік тому +2

      Nuts!

  • @Big_E_Soul_Fragment
    @Big_E_Soul_Fragment 4 роки тому +712

    Spartans never die, they just go Missing in Action.

  • @georgececil-jones7046
    @georgececil-jones7046 4 роки тому +58

    Spartans : My King were surrounded
    Leonidas : Good we can fight in all directions

  • @cerealkiller7143
    @cerealkiller7143 4 роки тому +549

    Indy, Leonidas was 60 years old when he died.

    • @mikatu
      @mikatu 4 роки тому +65

      he was 69!

    • @istrysii
      @istrysii 4 роки тому +22

      @@mikatu legends never die !

    • @emperorofwends8875
      @emperorofwends8875 4 роки тому +23

      @@mikatu nice

    • @truesoprano2152
      @truesoprano2152 4 роки тому +24

      @@mikatu nice

    • @m0rtez713
      @m0rtez713 4 роки тому +31

      And that is how king Leonidas became the president of the universe...

  • @TheBigAyland
    @TheBigAyland 4 роки тому +169

    Never forget Aristodemus, one of the 300, who was sent home after contracting an eye infection. Eurytus was also sent home from battle, but returned almost Blind to fight along side his Spartan Brothers.
    After Pantities, a fellow soldier sent on an envoy, had commited suicide in shame, Aristodemus had the dishonour of being called a coward. Desperate to regain Honour, during the Battle of Plataea, Aristodemus was seen entering a Berserker Rage and fought with such might, that the black mark against his name was removed.
    In the words of Herodotus "He fought more bravely than any Spartan before falling in battle"

    • @joek600
      @joek600 4 роки тому +20

      TheBigAyland Greeks used to award the bravest warriors, in a very similar concept with today's medals. The spartans acknowledged the valor of Aristodemos, but refused to award him, because unlike the other dead heroes, he was considered to be fighting for himself not for their mutual cause. He was seeking death while the others had much to live for yet they gave their lives.
      When somebody was accused for cowardice, the whole society shunned him. They would not speak to him, they would not even give him fire, he would be excluded from the social life, he would be constantly insulted by his peers and mocked by children. No one would agree to give him his daughter and hus wife would have the right to divorce him. The social pressure was immense. Thats why Pantitis hunged himself. Aristodemos was accused that he used his infection as a way to escape his duty, while Eurytos who was practically blinded by an infection in both eyes, had his helot lead him into battle. Aristodemos was called a tressas, trembler, one that his feet tremble in fear. In Platea he broke ranks, something that it was forbidden, and fell upon the persians killing many of them until he was swarmed by their numbers.

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 3 роки тому

      Didn't the Spartans raped and tortured their own sons and then forced them to kill slaves?

    • @demonic_myst4503
      @demonic_myst4503 3 роки тому +3

      No if i remember right thats a myth it would actualy make them seen less as warriors aswell while being the top in a gay relation was tolerated in aincient greece beibg penetrated was deemed submissive and weak and noemaly was the place of lower class

  • @strikeforce1500
    @strikeforce1500 4 роки тому +47

    Xerxes: "so yeah, I'm king of the world"
    Nations that are far away from Asia: I don't know who you are..

  • @Tadicuslegion78
    @Tadicuslegion78 4 роки тому +156

    Leonidas: SPARTANS! Ready your breakfast and eat hearty. FOR TONIGHT WE DINE IN HELL! AND SABATON IS PERFORMING THERE TOO!
    Spartans: HA-OOH! HA-OOH! HA-OOH!

  • @TheFanoren
    @TheFanoren 4 роки тому +289

    I cant be the only one who wants more songs about ancient millitary history by Sabaton.
    Could you imagine an album about the punic wars? THAT would be badass

    • @mithrilknightx4681
      @mithrilknightx4681 4 роки тому +18

      Elephants and shit. I approve.

    • @akrybion
      @akrybion 4 роки тому +13

      Maybe also something about the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

    • @MrTrellheim
      @MrTrellheim 4 роки тому +17

      The battle of Teutoburg forest: a confederation of 6 germanic tribes led by a german-born former roman officer against 3 legions. Rome lost so badly they would never try to go beyond the Rhine river ever again. Rome's greatest defeat.

    • @mithrilknightx4681
      @mithrilknightx4681 4 роки тому +5

      @@MrTrellheim You know I was thinking about the Roman's inability to alleviate now Irish land from the Kelts for four centuries. Glad we're thinking along the same lines.

    • @kasparjuracek1317
      @kasparjuracek1317 4 роки тому +1

      Yeaaaa

  • @giveussomevodka
    @giveussomevodka 4 роки тому +102

    14:25 "I think I'm older than any of the spartans lived to be, 52 now..."
    But king Leonidas was over 60 when he fought at Thermopylae.

    • @truesoprano2152
      @truesoprano2152 4 роки тому +15

      he was probably talking about the average spartan soldier

  • @usamazahid3882
    @usamazahid3882 4 роки тому +47

    *Heroditus/Indy Neidell Version: "Leonidas told the remaining men to have a good breakfast, because tonight, they would dine in Hades."*
    *300 (Film Version): "Spartans, Ready your breakfast and eat hearty, for tonight, WE DINE, IN HELL!!!!!!!"*

  • @windsorsnake3694
    @windsorsnake3694 4 роки тому +53

    Sir those are Spartans, the last words any enemy commander wanted to hear

    • @SilverGamingFI
      @SilverGamingFI 4 роки тому +10

      The last words what the enemy commander wants to hear, the first words that the friendly commander wants to hear

  • @samarvora7185
    @samarvora7185 4 роки тому +8

    "What happened to the warriors at Thermopylae?"
    "Dead to the last man."

    • @sm_4859
      @sm_4859 2 роки тому

      The last samurai :)

  • @lucastark1784
    @lucastark1784 4 роки тому +192

    Imagine failing to take a country with an army of 200k men.

    • @SilverGamingFI
      @SilverGamingFI 4 роки тому +19

      While the country is defended by a very small number of troops

    • @essexclass8168
      @essexclass8168 4 роки тому +13

      I mean, Austria failed to stop an invading Ottoman Army from damaging their empire's prestige and treasury, which doesn't sound like much until you consider the fact that said invading Ottoman Army didn't even exist

    • @alucardgd2831
      @alucardgd2831 3 роки тому

      dont tell the germans then russia seems to have beaten alot more ;)

    • @afriendofafriend5766
      @afriendofafriend5766 3 роки тому +3

      Laughs in Simo Hayha

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 3 роки тому +2

      That is actually wrong. Persian numbers were much smaller and Greek numbers much bigger
      The movie 300 is inaccurate as fuck
      The Spartans had several thousand soldiers but sacrificing them all in a rearguard action is stupid. 2 of the 300 Spartans survived

  • @maximaldinotrap
    @maximaldinotrap 4 роки тому +21

    "There was a good chance the Spartans would not come home"
    Well . . . that turned into 100% didn't it?

    • @Oxtocoatl13
      @Oxtocoatl13 4 роки тому +3

      Except the messenger and one guy who got a bad eye infection and was sent home because blind soldiers are useless. So... 99.something %

    • @maximaldinotrap
      @maximaldinotrap 4 роки тому +1

      @@Oxtocoatl13 Ok, pretty much 100%

  • @hermitcard4494
    @hermitcard4494 4 роки тому +13

    - Did you win the Thermopiles?
    - Yes.
    - What did it costed you?
    - EVERYTHING.

  • @truesoprano2152
    @truesoprano2152 4 роки тому +204

    I'm predicting all sorts of "wait, Indy is 52?" comments. I also want to know what he does to make himself look that good at 52. ;)

    • @alexandrah9824
      @alexandrah9824 4 роки тому +3

      Indy rules !!! Liebe grüsse Alex🤘🍷🍻

    • @HALberdier17
      @HALberdier17 4 роки тому +3

      I could see it he looks like he could be 52. He looks about the same age as my dad and my dad is only 2 years older than Indy.

    • @TrollbaitMage
      @TrollbaitMage 4 роки тому +2

      Hes the same age as my oldest brother, well hes a few months younger. ...

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 4 роки тому +1

      Indy bathes in asses' milk every morning

    • @Arbiter099
      @Arbiter099 4 роки тому +3

      All the pervetin keeps him fresh

  • @kyledunn6853
    @kyledunn6853 4 роки тому +65

    "This is where we hold them. This is where we fight. This is where they die. Give them nothing but take from them everything."
    "Spartans never retreat. Spartans never surrender."
    "For tonight we dine in Hell."

    • @jumi9342
      @jumi9342 4 роки тому +7

      *Hades
      Greece mythology don't really has hell but hades which is not completely the same :)

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 4 роки тому +2

      I thought it was "tonight we done in Hull", slightly worse than hell

    • @ConfusedGuardsman
      @ConfusedGuardsman 3 роки тому +1

      "We don't die, we just go missing in action."

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 3 роки тому

      Just to remind you the Spartans not only tortured their sons but used them as prostitutes before joining the army...
      ...after they had each killed a slave!

    • @nicolasstalter6951
      @nicolasstalter6951 3 роки тому +1

      AOOOO AOOOO AOOOO

  • @Sad_Salad_
    @Sad_Salad_ 3 роки тому +5

    13:54 “Joakim did not like singing in a helmet”. Joakim today: performs attack of the dead men with a gas mask on

  • @TrollbaitMage
    @TrollbaitMage 4 роки тому +87

    Be it out windows or into wells history is full of men getting thrown around.

    • @akrybion
      @akrybion 4 роки тому +18

      I mean, English has even a word for that: Defenestration.

    • @TrollbaitMage
      @TrollbaitMage 4 роки тому +5

      @@akrybion yes i know, i love that word. Its fun to try and fit it in normal day to day use.

    • @MrTheBaron
      @MrTheBaron 3 роки тому +2

      @@akrybion All this time, I called the great defenestration in Prague The Great Yeet

    • @elaineb7065
      @elaineb7065 3 роки тому

      @@MrTheBaron Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

  • @709mash
    @709mash 4 роки тому +24

    Indy: "Sparta.... What can I say? Hardcore."
    Yup. That's all you really need to say lol.

  • @heizerorter7377
    @heizerorter7377 3 роки тому +6

    Spartans respected their women more than any other people and honour was their most important asset
    Justice and respect for all people have shaped their existence
    Best regards from Germany 🇩🇪

  • @tejesedeny
    @tejesedeny 4 роки тому +91

    Leonidas: YOU HAD ONE JOB!
    Men of Lamia: ....
    Also, the episode wouldn't have been complete without that last sentence of course.
    I like this song, it's often on my workout playlist, great motivation when I think I can't do one more sit-up. 😃

    • @MDMetal
      @MDMetal 4 роки тому +6

      Yeah, the Lamians were kind of... lame. 😁🍺

  • @mikatu
    @mikatu 4 роки тому +8

    - Hmm, Leonidas, maybe you should retreat!
    - Retreat?! What is that?? We are going to hell, so let's have a nice dinner!!

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 3 роки тому

      300 Spartans and 1000 Greek Hoplites served as a rearguard for the retreating army
      Leonidas probably raped and tortured some boys as part of Spartan culture

  • @VladTevez
    @VladTevez 4 роки тому +68

    Coat of Arms next?

    • @tejesedeny
      @tejesedeny 4 роки тому +11

      And, that'd perfectly match the ww2 channel too now.

  • @i-dislike-handles
    @i-dislike-handles 3 роки тому +4

    Sparta pushing those guys down the well was literally the first malicious compliance

    • @stanleyarmstrong2898
      @stanleyarmstrong2898 Рік тому

      It is only the most talked-about form of malicious compliance. The human psyche has not altered in many millennia.

  • @claytonimor34
    @claytonimor34 4 роки тому +84

    I'm pretty sure King Leonidas was in his sixties or early seventies.

    • @isuckatusernames4297
      @isuckatusernames4297 4 роки тому +7

      Aparently both genkis khan and ghandi were alive at the same time

    • @plaguedeath3013
      @plaguedeath3013 4 роки тому +26

      Fun fact Genghis Khan died from being nuked by Ghandi

    • @Darkblender5
      @Darkblender5 4 роки тому +27

      @@plaguedeath3013 Ghandi was an absolute tyrant, and it's a shame schools don't teach that. His wanton use of Nukes is what caused the Roman Empire to fall!

    • @Madjo-qj2ge
      @Madjo-qj2ge 4 роки тому +3

      @@Darkblender5 is this Civilization reference?

    • @augustin5611
      @augustin5611 4 роки тому +2

      @@Madjo-qj2ge Yep x)

  • @motocount
    @motocount 4 роки тому +9

    When the Spartans were leaving to war, their mothers were giving them the shields telling them ή ταν ή επί τας, which means "I am waiting you back either as a winner holding your shield or dead on top of the shield!!!!

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 3 роки тому

      The same mothers didn't stop the fathers from torturing and sodomizing their sons

  • @SpacePatrollerLaser
    @SpacePatrollerLaser 4 роки тому +15

    So I'm to believe that the Persian gods told Xerxes to "go to Hellas"

  • @marko243
    @marko243 4 роки тому +28

    Apart from the well known Lamda symbol on their shields, Spartiates very often bore the symbol of the Sun or that of one of the labours of Hercules. Spartans thought of themselves as pure and direct decendants of the well known demigod and the sun symbolises him and his feats in his labours are a depiction of the "victories of the sun in the battles of nature" (e.g his arrows shooting down the Stymphailian Birds as the rays of the sun penetrate the black rainy clouds to give a bright day, or defeating the Erymanthian Boar as the sun overcomes the might of the strong wind etc). Also, the Spartan army was divided in - what we would today call - divisions, with one of them bearing the icon of a hawk (the ancient Greek word "Lako" - hence Lakedaimon - means "hawk") and another one that of a scorpion (symbol of Ares, god of war). They chose the red colour for their clothing both for intimidation and to hide their bleeding injuries from the enemies sight.
    Lastly, the name Efialtis is the Greek word for "nightmare", keeping the reminder of the betrayal over the ages.

    • @8-bitsarda747
      @8-bitsarda747 8 місяців тому

      I'm gonna be that guy and correct you. It's the labours of Heracles. Hercules is the Roman one, Heracles is the Greek one

  • @zejfi
    @zejfi 4 роки тому +111

    ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.

    • @snees
      @snees 4 роки тому +11

      I dont speak gyros but i fully agree what ever you wrote
      xD

    • @anvl86
      @anvl86 4 роки тому +12

      Go, tell the Spartans, passerby,
      that here by Spartan law we lie

    • @Pablo-ft3be
      @Pablo-ft3be 4 роки тому

      Greece dogggg

    • @Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation
      @Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation 4 роки тому +1

      Greece Moment
      Bottom text

    • @amnot6665
      @amnot6665 4 роки тому +5

      I got shivers from my middle school days. That's ancient Greek.

  • @nberedim
    @nberedim 4 роки тому +7

    Whenever there is an Ephialtes or a Herostratus, there will always be a Leonidas or an Alexander

  • @sergeant_chris6209
    @sergeant_chris6209 4 роки тому +26

    It was the BEST thing when they performed it in Athens

    • @erikcyprich5422
      @erikcyprich5422 4 роки тому +2

      Amazing story and video ❤️🔥🤘
      Sabaton History thanks 🔥♥️
      This is Sabaton Sparta🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘🤘

    • @harbl99
      @harbl99 4 роки тому +1

      Of course Athenians enjoyed hearing about Spartans dying.

    • @torcaace
      @torcaace 4 роки тому +1

      @@harbl99 they would if it was 2300 years ago. Now all of the Greeks are united. As for modern Sparta well... The place is not very... interesting. It just has a statue of Leonidas and that's it

  • @batataacelerada4698
    @batataacelerada4698 4 роки тому +7

    Xerxes: Where are my troops?
    The rest of the persian army: Gone, reduced to atoms.

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 3 роки тому

      The Persians only outnumbered the Greek Army 3-1. The 300 Spartans plus 1000 Greeks served as a rearguard when their forced retreated

    • @giorgosx5838
      @giorgosx5838 Рік тому

      ​@@christiandauz37427k vs 250k. Idk, i was never good at maths but that is more than 3 to 1. Not like 3 to 1 isn't a massive difference to begin with

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 Рік тому

      @@giorgosx5838
      Adam Explains Everything debunked those numbers
      If the Persians had those kind of numbers they would have conquered the Greeks in a day
      If Poland had that kind of numerical superiority they would have won WW2 in two years!!!

    • @giorgosx5838
      @giorgosx5838 Рік тому

      @@christiandauz3742 Where can i watch it? Honestly on youtube all i found was a short video that talked about members on the Greek side only.
      You said that the persians outnumbered the Greeks 3 to 1 only (which still is a lot) but that's implying that the persians were around 21k. I think the biggest empire at the time could afford to spend more soldiers than that on a conquest, especially considering that you could bring the armies of 2 city states and have more soldiers than that making it unnecessary to fight in thermopylae to begin with. It was gonna end like the battle of plataea and this whole thing would be un needed. In addition if you claim that 21k persians were there that means that by the end of it only 1k persians were left making it extremely hard to burn Athens who's military was leagues above the Persians too.
      Also the ancient times and ww2 are kind of really far apart from each other so we can't compare them lol. Even in more recent history there are cases of small detachments fighting off for a long time forced that vastly outnumbered them

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 Рік тому

      @@giorgosx5838
      If I remember right, Adam Conover states that the Persians outnumbered the Greeks 7 to 1 at Thermopylae
      By the time of Xerxes the Persian Empire does have stability problems plus there were logistical problems moving that many soldiers
      Before Thermopylae, the Persians had to build a new bridge so they can move further into Greece
      The Immortals did wear heavy armor just like the Hoplites, though not to the same degree
      The Greeks embellished the battle's story in their legends like in Frank Miller's 300

  • @NegiTaiMetal011
    @NegiTaiMetal011 4 роки тому +29

    The battle of Thermopylae is always among my favorite battles to look into. I want to look things outside of the famous 300. But still I wanna say: SABATON! WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION?!

    • @moritamikamikara3879
      @moritamikamikara3879 4 роки тому +4

      AAOOO
      AAOOO
      AAOOO!!!

    • @DC-ru5xz
      @DC-ru5xz 4 роки тому

      ARU ARU ARU

    • @MrRenegadeshinobi
      @MrRenegadeshinobi 4 роки тому +3

      I brought more soldiers than you did

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 3 роки тому

      The Persians only outnumbered the Greeks 3-1 on Thermopylae
      The 300 Spartans plus 1000 Greeks were used as a rearguard

  • @Prophesional_Doc
    @Prophesional_Doc 4 роки тому +12

    Now do “Coat Of Arms” for the follow up

  • @DC-ru5xz
    @DC-ru5xz 4 роки тому +14

    SPARTANS WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION

    • @muthias4582
      @muthias4582 4 роки тому +3

      DC4 HOWL HOWL HOWL!!

    • @MDMetal
      @MDMetal 4 роки тому +2

      AHROO! *raise their spears into the air*

    • @autistiumhydroxide3614
      @autistiumhydroxide3614 4 роки тому +1

      @Belagerungsmörser the Sheep My dog makes a similar noise when he howls while sleeping, so there's that.

    • @MDMetal
      @MDMetal 4 роки тому +2

      +Belagerungsmörser the Sheep Go watch "300". When the Spartans join up with the Arcadians, Leonidas asks some of them what their professions are. "Tailor" "Cobbler" etc. Then he asks the Spartans what their profession is. They respond by raising their spears and shouting "AHROO" as one. In today's U.S. Army, we have "HOOAH" while the U.S.M.C. has "OORAH". It's a shout to instill morale in yourself and your comrades-in-arms.

    • @magnusthered4973
      @magnusthered4973 3 роки тому

      Aaaaaooooo aooooo ao ao

  • @timothyissler3815
    @timothyissler3815 4 роки тому +2

    Everyone remembers Thermopylae, but nobody remembers Salamis (where the Athenian navy lured the superior Persian navy into a chokepoint and smashed them to bits) or Plataea (where a coalition force smashed the Persians and ended the war). Thanks for giving those battles a small mention in this episodes, Indy.

  • @thenoobgameplays
    @thenoobgameplays 4 роки тому +9

    Ironic how that video was posted in the exact moment that i was doing a homeworl about acient greece for my college

  • @unfinishedsentenc5308
    @unfinishedsentenc5308 4 роки тому +3

    I have been waiting for so long for this. So many mistakes people make when they think of this battle. Probably because of the movie, "300".

    • @unfinishedsentenc5308
      @unfinishedsentenc5308 4 роки тому +1

      @Col. Commissar Ibram Gaunt Theres quite a few people that literally took the movie as being accurate.

  • @Geeko170
    @Geeko170 4 роки тому +4

    This... this was an amazing birthday present. Thanks for making it, and thanks for unknowingly releasing it in my birthday.

    • @SabatonHistory
      @SabatonHistory  4 роки тому +1

      It wasn't unknowingly - happy birthday!

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 3 роки тому

      Um, didn't the Spartans tortured little boys and forced them into prostitution before forcing them to kill slaves in order to be conscripted into the army

  • @tlsgrz6194
    @tlsgrz6194 4 роки тому +4

    9:10 Finally, we get to „know his name“ because his shame is supposed to last forever, but his name was never mentioned before

    • @DC-ru5xz
      @DC-ru5xz 4 роки тому +2

      TlsGrz interesting fact: when Ephialtes urged the Spartans to surrender, Leonidas wished him to live forever. That was the worst curse a spartan could throw because it meant he could never die an honorable death

    • @akrybion
      @akrybion 4 роки тому +1

      @@DC-ru5xz Ancient Marines, do you wanna life forever?

  • @ericolsen5592
    @ericolsen5592 4 роки тому +2

    I loved seeing Sabaton on October 15th in Seattle. I just wish they played this song, it has sentimental value to me. In high school, I slacked off so much I got sent to military school. (Washington Youth Academy) In military school, we had 3 platoons: 1st Platoon (Wolfpack), 2nd Platoon (Spartans), and 3rd Platoon (Eagles). I was in 2nd Platoon, I was a Spartan. All of our espirit de corps showed it. I had been a metalhead for quite some time. During PT, some of our drill sergeants occasionally played metal music. Mostly 5FDP and System Of A Down and stuff, but it was enough to make me feel better. At one point I had the chance to talk to a drill sergeant as a normal person, and I recommended this song to be played for our platoon. He liked it, and actually said it became of his favorites. Whenever the song was played in PT, my platoon became unstoppable and it basically got me through tough times. So a year later when I got to see Sabaton in concert, I was excited to hear this song, but it wasn't played, probably because they had a limited amount of time. I think Sabaton should be allowed to have longer shows. As a fan, I wouldn't mind standing for a longer period of time, especially with this band's music. Totally killer show either way

  • @darkomilosevic1972
    @darkomilosevic1972 4 роки тому +47

    I would recommend everyone to read a book named Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield. Amazing read.

    • @huntergraham2739
      @huntergraham2739 4 роки тому +3

      I’m reading it now and it’s great

    • @harbl99
      @harbl99 4 роки тому +2

      Is that the one where the Spartan cadets are commanded "F**k that tree!" by their drill instructor?

    • @Artemidia
      @Artemidia 3 роки тому

      It literally made me cry

  • @terrorcop101
    @terrorcop101 4 роки тому +3

    You should've done, "THIS IS SABATON!!!!"

  • @ieradossantos
    @ieradossantos Рік тому +1

    0:13 Bro's looking a bit too excited to come and hunt me down

  • @1jimmarch
    @1jimmarch 4 роки тому +17

    You should have mentioned molon labe.

    • @halo7oo
      @halo7oo 4 роки тому +1

      Come and take them!

    • @immikeurnot
      @immikeurnot 4 роки тому +1

      "If you surrender your arms, you can go home."
      "Come take 'em."

    • @1jimmarch
      @1jimmarch 4 роки тому +1

      @@immikeurnot Yup. It's been repeated a few times, including the "cannon flag" of the Texas revolt against Mexico.

  • @janmihalik2090
    @janmihalik2090 4 роки тому +36

    May health serve to our 52 year old history God! :)

  • @Bexora_bc
    @Bexora_bc 4 роки тому +12

    Fun song! I love ancient history. This is one of the first I heard from you and got me completely addicted to your music ❤

  • @leonidaschryssinas1723
    @leonidaschryssinas1723 4 роки тому +2

    it's an honour for my name & my ancestors to watch this vid. & having Sabaton making a song about Sparta, HAIL !

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 3 роки тому

      So your ancestors tortured little boys, forced them to be male prostitutes before ordering them to kill slaves so they can be forcibly conscripted into the army?

  • @baghira2761
    @baghira2761 4 роки тому +5

    Now we need a song about Salamis, where the persian fleet was massacred by the outnumbered athen ships ^^

  • @keldone3186
    @keldone3186 4 роки тому +4

    everytime i hear this story, i fell like i want to cry

  • @rawchicken3463
    @rawchicken3463 Рік тому +1

    What I took from the description of army's was that Xerxes's men are mostly basic archers a single tier above imperial recruits in Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord

  • @myronalcock4716
    @myronalcock4716 4 роки тому

    The best overview of the event I've yet seen - great work! Thanks guys!

  • @mercator79
    @mercator79 4 роки тому +2

    Those who thumbed this down must be related to Xerxes... Great episode!!

  • @kerlongsjorlejov1945
    @kerlongsjorlejov1945 4 роки тому +6

    One great introduction. And this is going to be one great watch indeed.
    Saw that in Antwerp two years. You guys blew my mind on that show.

  • @nichtfelixh2316
    @nichtfelixh2316 4 роки тому +1

    Indy cosplaying as a spartan with that spear thrust made my day

  • @efraimzainalntin
    @efraimzainalntin 4 роки тому +2

    I was waiting for this for so long

  • @Oxtocoatl13
    @Oxtocoatl13 4 роки тому +3

    I've often wondered why Leonidas stands alone as the greatest hero of the Persian wars despite dying in the first battle. It's probably because living heroes are still politicians with agendas and enemies. Pausanias, the Spartan commander who won at Plataea, was killed by fellow Spartans after he became unpopular, while Themistocles, the hero of Salamis, was driven to exile from Athens and ended up switching sides and advising the Persian navy.
    Dead heroes are more convenient than living ones, I guess.

  • @gamermthegreat8229
    @gamermthegreat8229 4 роки тому +5

    Sabaton should do a song about the boxer rebellion or at least do a cover of "55 days at peking"

  • @stanleyarmstrong2898
    @stanleyarmstrong2898 Рік тому +1

    The 3 days of glory and the big battle at Plataea are still studued as tactical and strategic subjects. It is so famous that mechanized armies paint a Lambda on their vehicles for Lakadaemonia in the 21st century, 2500 yeaes later. THIS IS SPARTA!!!

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 Рік тому

    I love your channel keep up the great stuff

  • @daveholiman1044
    @daveholiman1044 2 роки тому

    Way back in grade school the teacher gave a lecture on Sparta and the battle of thermopylae and I have been interested in Sparta and history ever since. I am so glad that your music is very much about history and that you are enjoying success doing so!

  • @burningnapalm4436
    @burningnapalm4436 4 роки тому

    Love both the song and video

  • @ChibiBoxing
    @ChibiBoxing 4 роки тому +1

    Amazing stuff, instantly subscribed.

  • @lncpllee
    @lncpllee 4 роки тому

    Great album and channel!

  • @Chionophobia
    @Chionophobia 4 роки тому +3

    Thanks so much for the quality content guys! You're getting me through long work days over here in the States.
    Can you please cover Night Witches? I was thrilled when I saw it on your set list for the North America tour as it's the first song of yours that took me down a Googling rabbit hole of research.

  • @londonspade5896
    @londonspade5896 Рік тому

    Watching Sabaton live tomorrow, can't wait

  • @modestas2518
    @modestas2518 4 роки тому

    YES I WAITED FOR THIS VIDEO FOR SO LONG!

  • @thesaintperson5467
    @thesaintperson5467 4 роки тому

    Great video🙌🏻

  • @JustinLaFleur1990
    @JustinLaFleur1990 4 роки тому +1

    Every time I hear Sparta I scream a battle cry and pound my chest.

  • @MackingCheese99
    @MackingCheese99 Рік тому

    We need more Sabaton songs about ancient history.

  • @Nine-Ball
    @Nine-Ball 4 роки тому

    I've been waiting for this

  • @Mayonezorro
    @Mayonezorro 4 роки тому

    keep up the great work

  • @riality7302
    @riality7302 4 роки тому

    I'm early 😍. I'm really glad we get to hear some snipbits of stories behind the creation of the songs. This was one again a great episode from you guys! Can't wait for the next one

  • @mulgra
    @mulgra 3 роки тому

    I'm so glad i foind this channel

  • @winterflower1534
    @winterflower1534 4 роки тому +1

    Yeeeeah finally, new episode 😍

  • @isaacshultz8128
    @isaacshultz8128 4 роки тому

    Such an impactful story of courage and honor

  • @Austin1723
    @Austin1723 4 роки тому +1

    There was a similar battle that occurred on December 2nd, 1899. 60 Filipino troops under Gregorio Del Pilar held off some 400 or 500 Americans under Peyton March at the Battle of Tirad Pass, with one tribesman leading the Americans on a path that eventually outflanked and overwhelmed our guys

    • @331coolguy
      @331coolguy 4 роки тому

      Interesting during the Filipino uprising right?

    • @Austin1723
      @Austin1723 4 роки тому

      @@331coolguy yup. Philippine-American War from 1899-1902

  • @kurisuuu48
    @kurisuuu48 4 роки тому

    So many great battles happened in these old times, must be enough to fill a full Sabaton-Album!

  • @St0rMyWeAtHeRs53
    @St0rMyWeAtHeRs53 4 роки тому +2

    Indy is using a cup with a picture of himself on it

  • @rileytheflamingwookiecooki5646
    @rileytheflamingwookiecooki5646 4 роки тому

    Awesome.

  • @MrThroll
    @MrThroll 3 роки тому

    13:04 fine thrust, Indy!

  • @atlas9852
    @atlas9852 4 роки тому +3

    You guys ever gonna do the history of Ballad of Bull?

  • @MoonatikYT
    @MoonatikYT 4 роки тому

    First Sabaton song I ever listened to!

  • @atsekoutsoube
    @atsekoutsoube 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you

  • @catnium
    @catnium 4 роки тому +2

    am i like the only guy thats interested to know if they actually still drank from that well where they threw the dude in

  • @DaveSCameron
    @DaveSCameron 4 роки тому +1

    Quite simply remarkable narrative and expression, you should be most proud of the talent you evidently have and I'm most definitely grateful for your choices in life which brought you and your team to us and the larger public. Thank you and best wishes. An Englishman.

    • @SabatonHistory
      @SabatonHistory  4 роки тому +1

      Well, thank you, kind sir! Your compliment is well-placed!

  • @erikcyprich5422
    @erikcyprich5422 4 роки тому

    Amazing story and super video, thanks Sabaton History, I love you ♥️🔥♥️🔥This is Sparta 🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘

  • @compassionatetraveler8625
    @compassionatetraveler8625 4 роки тому

    THIS IS!!! sabaton history

  • @Sadend
    @Sadend 4 роки тому

    Could you do a video on "We burn", it would be nice to see the back thought about the song and the war it would cause in the comments.

  • @barnabypartington6309
    @barnabypartington6309 4 роки тому +1

    Sparta, Hellas, then and again, sea of three hundred men!

  • @h.g.ferguson6591
    @h.g.ferguson6591 4 роки тому +1

    Hearing this in London on the tour was incredible, but I was so disappointed that Joakim didn't introduce it with "THIS IS SPARTA!!!!!!!!!"

  • @NinjaGaming-ck3lw
    @NinjaGaming-ck3lw 4 роки тому +1

    The story just shows the strength of the Spartans they went from 83.3 to 1 which means each Spartan had to fight like 84 men to 208.3 to 1 when call for the other troops to withdraw upon being flanked which required them to fight with the equivalents of 209 soldiers. So in conclusion even if they weren’t overwhelmed they would eventually have fallen due to inability to maintain stamina. Ps love your music sabaton

    • @NinjaGaming-ck3lw
      @NinjaGaming-ck3lw 4 роки тому

      On a sidenote I read in school that they were promised reinforcements a few thousand strong but they never arrived if they would’ve gotten those reinforcements they could’ve taken the entire Persian empire that day