March 14, 2007 — -- The leader of the most powerful empire in the world invades a small country to avenge his father's failure to do so years ago. His army is relentlessly attacked by a proud ...

"300" was released in US theaters on March 9, 2007. The action film starred Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, and Dominic West. Since its release, the cast has gone on to star in other notable ...

I was 16 years old when “300” arrived in theaters in 2006, but I might as well have been 6. After viewing the highly stylized fantasy-action film, which sees Gerard Butler as King Leonidas leading a ...

“300” is a 2006 movie depicting the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae where 300 Spartans, defenders of King Leonidas, along with another 1,100 or so allies held back Persian King Xerxes and his army of ...

In Frank Miller’s original 300 comic, it takes the Persian king Xerxes and his army of thousands three days to destroy the small Spartan force led by King Leonidas and go on to successfully invade and ...

Years before King Leonidas led his 300 Spartan warriors against the unstoppable Persian army, a young Athenian warrior named Themistocles (Sullivan Stapleton) killed the Persian King Darius, leaving ...

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Back in 2006, we watched as King Leonidas lead 300 men against an army of Persians, led by King Xerxes. After three days of valiant battle, known as the Battle of Thermopylae, all 300 Spartans fell, ...