300

300 is based on a battle that occurred in 480 B.C. I provided a link that explains what really happened. Some say that 300 did not accurately follow the true events of which took place at the battle ofThermopylae but according to this link from wikipedia it seems very accurate. King Leonidas and his army of 300 Spartans, along with a small army of other Greeks held off the vast army of the Persian Empire, led by King Xerxes. After 3 days of battle, someone informed the Persians of a small pathway to lead them into Greece. Although all the Spartans were killed, this proved to the rest of Greece that this war could be won. It also gave Athens time to prepare for battle, which led to the dismantling of the Persian naval fleet, and eventually to the victory of Greece.