Leonidas I

serie di conflitti bellici combattuti tra il 499 e il 479 a.C. fra le polis greche e l'Impero persiano

A Persian-Greek battle at the Thermopylae pass during the 480 BCE invasion of Greece, remembered for the defense led by Leonidas. Its exact calendar day remains uncertain.

gran re dell'Impero achemenide (r. 486-465 a.C.)

Ancient fortified pass in central Greece and site of the 480 BCE Battle of Thermopylae.

The southern Greek kingdom and royal seat associated in the film with Menelaus and Helen.