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Eurotas River. According to myth, the first king of the region later to be called Laconia, but then called Lelegia was the eponymous King Lelex.He was followed, according to tradition, by a series of kings allegorizing several traits of later-to-be Sparta and Laconia, such as the Kings Myles, Eurotas, Lacedaemon and Amyclas of Sparta.
For most of its history, the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta in the Peloponnese was ruled by kings. Sparta was unusual among the Greek city-states in that it maintained its kingship past the Archaic age. It was even more unusual in that it had two kings simultaneously, who were called the archagetai, [1] [n 1] coming from two separate lines.
In August 480 BC, Leonidas marched out of Sparta to meet Xerxes' army at Thermopylae with a small force of 1,200 men (900 helots and 300 Spartan hoplites), where he was joined by forces from other Greek city-states, who put themselves under his command to form an army of 7,000 strong. There are various theories on why Leonidas was accompanied ...
Repeated expeditions against tyrannical regimes during this period throughout Greece also considerably raised the Spartans' prestige. [8] By the early 5th century, Sparta was the unchallenged master in southern Greece, as the leading power of the newly established Peloponnesian League (which was more characteristically known to its ...
The only thing stopping the Persians was an army led by King Leonidas I and his 300 Spartans, considered by many to be the greatest soldiers the world has ever known. Vastly outnumbered, the Greek Spartans held up the Persians advance for three days, until they were overrun by Persian forces.
The climber and strength coach helped change the Hollywood game when he teamed up with director Zack Snyder on the action epic '300'.
The Spartan's weight of under 300 kg (660 lb) enables acceleration to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 3 seconds and a top speed of 174 mph (280 km/h). [6] A limited production run of 300 cars is planned to capitalise on the connection with The 300 Spartans [7] who fought to the last man at the Battle of Thermopylae.
A “300” TV series adaptation is in early development at Warner Bros. Television, Variety has learned from sources. Exact plot details are still being worked out, but sources say that the show ...