there were no good or bad guys, it was two nations at war

while that's true, persia was the invading army

The Spartans pioneered separation of powers

Hundreds of years before Thomas Paine

Also in Sparta, women had more rights than in Persia or Athens

I.E The right to have a choice in marriage

Having said that, looking at all the societies in that age...

I know where I'd rather live

>hey faggots we're here to make your country, our country
>you guys will be slaves and we'll fuck your women
>not the bad guys?

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well sparta was an absolute monarchy with slaves n shit, but persia did start the war

Wrong

Sparta was not an absolute monarchy

It was a dual monarchy with a significant amount of checks on royal power

oh?

Two kings, each had a veto over the other

And there was also a council of aristocrats who had the power to basically impeach a king if they fucked up too badly

Now this shit was NOT representative

This wasnt Athens

But it was there

to be fair though, slaves weren't really uncommon back then

Yeah, but the Spartans had a LOT of slaves

Like, there was 7 slaves for every spartan by the time of the Persian invasion

yeah, i'm not saying they are absolved of any wrong doing.

The spartans defending the pass didn't even win, but they put up a good enough fight anway.

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persian invasion was pretty close to the end of the greek empire, yeah?

Funnily enough there is actually a bottomless hole as featured in the movie there in greece

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Here's something interesting

That scene where they throw the persians down

Did actually happen

But

It did not happen in Sparta

It happened in athens

Athenian politicians got so pissed, they threw the Persian envoys into a well

All good stories are exaggerations of the truth

If they weren't they'd be documentaries.

Or least biographies

Would've kinda sucked if it was the athenians doing it in the movie

even those are little bit fucky in parts