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In 480 B.C., King Xerxes I (Rodrigo Santoro) of Persia led an army of 500,000 troops (claimed to be 5 million) and over a thousand warships in a large-scale attack on Greece, advancing southward and approaching the Thermopylae Pass. The arrogant Xerxes I also sent letters of surrender to various Greek city-states, hoping they would submit without a fight, including Sparta. However, Xerxes' messengers faced strong resistance from many Greeks. At this time, to resist the powerful enemy, the brave King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) of Sparta personally led about 7,000 Greek allied troops gathered from various places, arriving first at Thermopylae Pass to guard the strategically important pass.
On the other hand, the Persian army, which had already suffered great losses in fierce naval battles, was clearly unable to organize any strong offensive on land within two days, so the close combat between the two armies did not happen immediately.
However, two days later, cunning Xerxes dispatched an elite force to ambush behind the pass. The unprepared Greek defenders were quickly defeated. To preserve strength, Leonidas ordered the main force of the Greek allied troops to retreat quickly when surrounded by enemies, preserving their strength. He personally led three hundred Spartan warriors to cover the retreat. They engaged in a bloody and desperate battle against the overwhelming tens of thousands of Persian troops.
Ultimately, all three hundred of these warriors fell in battle, causing the Persian army to suffer the heavy cost of twenty thousand casualties during the Battle of Thermopylae.
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