Come Back With Your Shield or on It – Fact or Fiction?!
Have you ever heard the claim that Spartan wives/mothers told their husbands/sons to either „return on their shield or with it“? When we watch movies that feature Sparta then that…
The timeperiod from 500 BC to 500 AD
Did All of Greece Unite Against Persia? The Truth!
One of the most iconic sentences from the movie 300: Rise of an Empire* is when the Persian king of kings is told „All of Greece has united against you“.…
Did Sparta Have a Rule to Never Retreat? The Truth!
There is the idea that a Spartan warrior rather died than retreated from battle. That idea is so popular, that even Hermann Göring drew a parallel between the last defenders…
Did Spartans Throw Persian Messengers Down a Well? The Truth!
One of the most iconic scenes in all of movie history is probably the scene when the Spartan king Leonidas throws (or rather kicks) the Persian messenger into a well.…