Sparta - The Battle of Thermopylae - Sabaton History 041 [Official]

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  • The Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BCE may be one of the most famous battles in Ancient History. King Leonidas and his 300 Spartans were certainly not as alone in their last stand against the spartans, but are nevertheless remembered as being an underdog who would rather die than lose their freedom.
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Komentáře • 638

  • @SabatonHistory
    @SabatonHistory  Před rokem +10

    We think everyone should be a bit more like the Spartans. What do you think?
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    • @j-gaming463
      @j-gaming463 Před 5 měsíci

      we need to be more sabaton so we can feel like we will defend sparta and defend from the horde

  • @mithridates8890
    @mithridates8890 Před 4 lety +726

    Fun fact: The traitor's name, Ephialtes, has since come to mean 'nightmare' in the Greek language.

    • @mikedim149
      @mikedim149 Před 3 lety +11

      Τρυε στορυ

    • @bobesponja3702
      @bobesponja3702 Před 3 lety +18

      He did last forever just not like that

    • @havanadaurcy1321
      @havanadaurcy1321 Před 2 lety +8

      Fun fact: He didn't. Ephialtes couldn't have betrayed the Spartans because he was never a Spartan to begin with. Movie fail.

    • @mithridates8890
      @mithridates8890 Před 2 lety +40

      @@havanadaurcy1321 Maybe not a Spartan, but a Greek nonetheless, who betrayed his countrymen for Persian riches.

    • @drose6437
      @drose6437 Před 2 lety

      @@mithridates8890 nationalism didn't exist back then

  • @MDMetal
    @MDMetal Před 4 lety +418

    Spartans: *_EXIST_*
    Xerxes: "Why do I hear boss music?"

    • @b1laxson
      @b1laxson Před 4 lety +14

      Persian advisor: the boss was supposed to be at the end not the front!

    • @davidgray447
      @davidgray447 Před 4 lety +4

      Sparta... the history of Doom Guy.... or Leonidas reborn? :D

    • @hermitcard4494
      @hermitcard4494 Před 4 lety +5

      Why do I hear Bloodborne boss battle??

    • @PattyOflan88
      @PattyOflan88 Před 4 lety +4

      @@b1laxson it's dark Spartan, it's a tough game man

    • @drawdeplayz8376
      @drawdeplayz8376 Před 4 lety +3

      Xerxes you got fucked up

  • @essexclass8168
    @essexclass8168 Před 4 lety +232

    "You are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my army on your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people and raze your city."
    -Philip of Macedon
    "If"
    -Sparta

  • @ryansarratt7520
    @ryansarratt7520 Před 4 lety +469

    Persia "our arrows will block out the sun."
    Sparta "then we will fight in the shade."
    BADASS

    • @Duke_of_Lorraine
      @Duke_of_Lorraine Před 4 lety +88

      Not the best example of laconism. Once, Philip of Macedon, father of Alexander, asked for Sparta to bend the knee. He made the typical threat : "if I take your city, I will burn it to the ground and do this and this and that..."
      The Spartans andwered with one word : "if"
      Philip left Sparta be, never attacking the city.

    • @belisarius6949
      @belisarius6949 Před 4 lety +21

      @@Duke_of_Lorraine jesus fucking christ sparta

    • @ortrus5911
      @ortrus5911 Před 4 lety +16

      Funny thing is that they said it in the sense of "cool!, we won't have to fight under this damn hot sun"

    • @Madjo-qj2ge
      @Madjo-qj2ge Před 4 lety +36

      @@Duke_of_Lorraine If=Spartan version of "NUTS"

    • @Duke_of_Lorraine
      @Duke_of_Lorraine Před 4 lety +8

      @@Madjo-qj2ge more like when "come and get them" isn't laconic enough.

  • @SomeoneThatExists-rj5oo
    @SomeoneThatExists-rj5oo Před 9 měsíci +8

    The Battle Of Thermopylae was the definition of "This battle was a warning, not a challenge."

  • @PiscatorLager
    @PiscatorLager Před 4 lety +897

    Seven years ago, with Coat of Arms, there was a first glimpse at this topic. It was a short one and left the story untold. Now, finally, we have Sabaton and a fifty-something-years-old-genious complete the circle. This is Sparta! See you on the Cruise!

    • @alexandrah9824
      @alexandrah9824 Před 4 lety +8

      Hey lieber Piscator ich grüsse dich !!! Hellas forever !!! Wish you much fun !!! Liebe grüsse Alex 🤘😎🍻

    • @MilsurpMikeChannel
      @MilsurpMikeChannel Před 4 lety +53

      Piscator, the maker of Sabaton's official music videos!

    • @lexingtonbrython1897
      @lexingtonbrython1897 Před 4 lety +9

      SPARTANS SHALL NEVER SURRENDER

    • @AlfredFJones1776
      @AlfredFJones1776 Před 4 lety +2

      Oh look. The dude who bans comments is here again.

    • @PiscatorLager
      @PiscatorLager Před 4 lety +45

      @@AlfredFJones1776 the joke's not getting better when you tell it more often

  • @Big_E_Soul_Fragment
    @Big_E_Soul_Fragment Před 4 lety +712

    Spartans never die, they just go Missing in Action.

  • @georgececil-jones7046
    @georgececil-jones7046 Před 4 lety +58

    Spartans : My King were surrounded
    Leonidas : Good we can fight in all directions

  • @cerealkiller7143
    @cerealkiller7143 Před 4 lety +549

    Indy, Leonidas was 60 years old when he died.

  • @TheBigAyland
    @TheBigAyland Před 4 lety +169

    Never forget Aristodemus, one of the 300, who was sent home after contracting an eye infection. Eurytus was also sent home from battle, but returned almost Blind to fight along side his Spartan Brothers.
    After Pantities, a fellow soldier sent on an envoy, had commited suicide in shame, Aristodemus had the dishonour of being called a coward. Desperate to regain Honour, during the Battle of Plataea, Aristodemus was seen entering a Berserker Rage and fought with such might, that the black mark against his name was removed.
    In the words of Herodotus "He fought more bravely than any Spartan before falling in battle"

    • @joek600
      @joek600 Před 4 lety +20

      TheBigAyland Greeks used to award the bravest warriors, in a very similar concept with today's medals. The spartans acknowledged the valor of Aristodemos, but refused to award him, because unlike the other dead heroes, he was considered to be fighting for himself not for their mutual cause. He was seeking death while the others had much to live for yet they gave their lives.
      When somebody was accused for cowardice, the whole society shunned him. They would not speak to him, they would not even give him fire, he would be excluded from the social life, he would be constantly insulted by his peers and mocked by children. No one would agree to give him his daughter and hus wife would have the right to divorce him. The social pressure was immense. Thats why Pantitis hunged himself. Aristodemos was accused that he used his infection as a way to escape his duty, while Eurytos who was practically blinded by an infection in both eyes, had his helot lead him into battle. Aristodemos was called a tressas, trembler, one that his feet tremble in fear. In Platea he broke ranks, something that it was forbidden, and fell upon the persians killing many of them until he was swarmed by their numbers.

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 Před 3 lety

      Didn't the Spartans raped and tortured their own sons and then forced them to kill slaves?

    • @demonic_myst4503
      @demonic_myst4503 Před 3 lety +3

      No if i remember right thats a myth it would actualy make them seen less as warriors aswell while being the top in a gay relation was tolerated in aincient greece beibg penetrated was deemed submissive and weak and noemaly was the place of lower class

  • @strikeforce1500
    @strikeforce1500 Před 4 lety +47

    Xerxes: "so yeah, I'm king of the world"
    Nations that are far away from Asia: I don't know who you are..

  • @giveussomevodka
    @giveussomevodka Před 4 lety +102

    14:25 "I think I'm older than any of the spartans lived to be, 52 now..."
    But king Leonidas was over 60 when he fought at Thermopylae.

    • @truesoprano2152
      @truesoprano2152 Před 4 lety +15

      he was probably talking about the average spartan soldier

  • @Tadicuslegion78
    @Tadicuslegion78 Před 4 lety +156

    Leonidas: SPARTANS! Ready your breakfast and eat hearty. FOR TONIGHT WE DINE IN HELL! AND SABATON IS PERFORMING THERE TOO!
    Spartans: HA-OOH! HA-OOH! HA-OOH!

  • @TheFanoren
    @TheFanoren Před 4 lety +289

    I cant be the only one who wants more songs about ancient millitary history by Sabaton.
    Could you imagine an album about the punic wars? THAT would be badass

    • @mithrilknightx4681
      @mithrilknightx4681 Před 4 lety +18

      Elephants and shit. I approve.

    • @akrybion
      @akrybion Před 4 lety +13

      Maybe also something about the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

    • @MrTrellheim
      @MrTrellheim Před 4 lety +17

      The battle of Teutoburg forest: a confederation of 6 germanic tribes led by a german-born former roman officer against 3 legions. Rome lost so badly they would never try to go beyond the Rhine river ever again. Rome's greatest defeat.

    • @mithrilknightx4681
      @mithrilknightx4681 Před 4 lety +5

      @@MrTrellheim You know I was thinking about the Roman's inability to alleviate now Irish land from the Kelts for four centuries. Glad we're thinking along the same lines.

    • @kasparjuracek1317
      @kasparjuracek1317 Před 4 lety +1

      Yeaaaa

  • @usamazahid3882
    @usamazahid3882 Před 4 lety +47

    *Heroditus/Indy Neidell Version: "Leonidas told the remaining men to have a good breakfast, because tonight, they would dine in Hades."*
    *300 (Film Version): "Spartans, Ready your breakfast and eat hearty, for tonight, WE DINE, IN HELL!!!!!!!"*

  • @blahlbinoa
    @blahlbinoa Před 4 lety +876

    I'm so early, the Persians haven't arrived yet

    • @doriankarewicz9196
      @doriankarewicz9196 Před 4 lety +24

      Quickly, form a wall, live to fall

    • @andrewvarney5687
      @andrewvarney5687 Před 4 lety +34

      But what about the Winged Hussars?

    • @doriankarewicz9196
      @doriankarewicz9196 Před 4 lety +26

      Obviously they will run the mountain side and as a result turn the tide, duh

    • @nathanremix5800
      @nathanremix5800 Před 4 lety +6

      @@andrewvarney5687 we crush em like the persian at marathon

    • @DC-ru5xz
      @DC-ru5xz Před 4 lety +12

      What about the ghost division? They’re first in the line of fire anyway

  • @windsorsnake3694
    @windsorsnake3694 Před 4 lety +53

    Sir those are Spartans, the last words any enemy commander wanted to hear

    • @SilverGamingFI
      @SilverGamingFI Před 4 lety +10

      The last words what the enemy commander wants to hear, the first words that the friendly commander wants to hear

  • @Sad_Salad_
    @Sad_Salad_ Před 3 lety +5

    13:54 “Joakim did not like singing in a helmet”. Joakim today: performs attack of the dead men with a gas mask on

  • @truesoprano2152
    @truesoprano2152 Před 4 lety +204

    I'm predicting all sorts of "wait, Indy is 52?" comments. I also want to know what he does to make himself look that good at 52. ;)

    • @alexandrah9824
      @alexandrah9824 Před 4 lety +3

      Indy rules !!! Liebe grüsse Alex🤘🍷🍻

    • @HALberdier17
      @HALberdier17 Před 4 lety +3

      I could see it he looks like he could be 52. He looks about the same age as my dad and my dad is only 2 years older than Indy.

    • @TrollbaitMage
      @TrollbaitMage Před 4 lety +2

      Hes the same age as my oldest brother, well hes a few months younger. ...

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 Před 4 lety +1

      Indy bathes in asses' milk every morning

    • @Arbiter099
      @Arbiter099 Před 4 lety +3

      All the pervetin keeps him fresh

  • @samarvora7185
    @samarvora7185 Před 4 lety +8

    "What happened to the warriors at Thermopylae?"
    "Dead to the last man."

    • @sm_4859
      @sm_4859 Před 2 lety

      The last samurai :)

  • @kyledunn6853
    @kyledunn6853 Před 4 lety +65

    "This is where we hold them. This is where we fight. This is where they die. Give them nothing but take from them everything."
    "Spartans never retreat. Spartans never surrender."
    "For tonight we dine in Hell."

    • @jumi9342
      @jumi9342 Před 4 lety +7

      *Hades
      Greece mythology don't really has hell but hades which is not completely the same :)

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 Před 4 lety +2

      I thought it was "tonight we done in Hull", slightly worse than hell

    • @ConfusedGuardsman
      @ConfusedGuardsman Před 3 lety +1

      "We don't die, we just go missing in action."

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 Před 3 lety

      Just to remind you the Spartans not only tortured their sons but used them as prostitutes before joining the army...
      ...after they had each killed a slave!

    • @nicolasstalter6951
      @nicolasstalter6951 Před 3 lety +1

      AOOOO AOOOO AOOOO

  • @heizerorter7377
    @heizerorter7377 Před 3 lety +6

    Spartans respected their women more than any other people and honour was their most important asset
    Justice and respect for all people have shaped their existence
    Best regards from Germany 🇩🇪

  • @maximaldinotrap
    @maximaldinotrap Před 4 lety +21

    "There was a good chance the Spartans would not come home"
    Well . . . that turned into 100% didn't it?

    • @Oxtocoatl13
      @Oxtocoatl13 Před 4 lety +3

      Except the messenger and one guy who got a bad eye infection and was sent home because blind soldiers are useless. So... 99.something %

    • @maximaldinotrap
      @maximaldinotrap Před 4 lety +1

      @@Oxtocoatl13 Ok, pretty much 100%

  • @lucastark1784
    @lucastark1784 Před 4 lety +192

    Imagine failing to take a country with an army of 200k men.

    • @SilverGamingFI
      @SilverGamingFI Před 4 lety +19

      While the country is defended by a very small number of troops

    • @essexclass8168
      @essexclass8168 Před 4 lety +13

      I mean, Austria failed to stop an invading Ottoman Army from damaging their empire's prestige and treasury, which doesn't sound like much until you consider the fact that said invading Ottoman Army didn't even exist

    • @alucardgd2831
      @alucardgd2831 Před 3 lety

      dont tell the germans then russia seems to have beaten alot more ;)

    • @afriendofafriend5766
      @afriendofafriend5766 Před 3 lety +3

      Laughs in Simo Hayha

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 Před 3 lety +2

      That is actually wrong. Persian numbers were much smaller and Greek numbers much bigger
      The movie 300 is inaccurate as fuck
      The Spartans had several thousand soldiers but sacrificing them all in a rearguard action is stupid. 2 of the 300 Spartans survived

  • @hermitcard4494
    @hermitcard4494 Před 4 lety +13

    - Did you win the Thermopiles?
    - Yes.
    - What did it costed you?
    - EVERYTHING.

  • @TrollbaitMage
    @TrollbaitMage Před 4 lety +87

    Be it out windows or into wells history is full of men getting thrown around.

    • @akrybion
      @akrybion Před 4 lety +18

      I mean, English has even a word for that: Defenestration.

    • @TrollbaitMage
      @TrollbaitMage Před 4 lety +5

      @@akrybion yes i know, i love that word. Its fun to try and fit it in normal day to day use.

    • @MrTheBaron
      @MrTheBaron Před 3 lety +2

      @@akrybion All this time, I called the great defenestration in Prague The Great Yeet

    • @elaineb7065
      @elaineb7065 Před 3 lety

      @@MrTheBaron Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

  • @tejesedeny
    @tejesedeny Před 4 lety +91

    Leonidas: YOU HAD ONE JOB!
    Men of Lamia: ....
    Also, the episode wouldn't have been complete without that last sentence of course.
    I like this song, it's often on my workout playlist, great motivation when I think I can't do one more sit-up. 😃

    • @MDMetal
      @MDMetal Před 4 lety +6

      Yeah, the Lamians were kind of... lame. 😁🍺

  • @709mash
    @709mash Před 4 lety +24

    Indy: "Sparta.... What can I say? Hardcore."
    Yup. That's all you really need to say lol.

  • @motocount
    @motocount Před 4 lety +9

    When the Spartans were leaving to war, their mothers were giving them the shields telling them ή ταν ή επί τας, which means "I am waiting you back either as a winner holding your shield or dead on top of the shield!!!!

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 Před 3 lety

      The same mothers didn't stop the fathers from torturing and sodomizing their sons

  • @VladTevez
    @VladTevez Před 4 lety +68

    Coat of Arms next?

    • @tejesedeny
      @tejesedeny Před 4 lety +11

      And, that'd perfectly match the ww2 channel too now.

  • @mikatu
    @mikatu Před 4 lety +8

    - Hmm, Leonidas, maybe you should retreat!
    - Retreat?! What is that?? We are going to hell, so let's have a nice dinner!!

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 Před 3 lety

      300 Spartans and 1000 Greek Hoplites served as a rearguard for the retreating army
      Leonidas probably raped and tortured some boys as part of Spartan culture

  • @claytonimor34
    @claytonimor34 Před 4 lety +84

    I'm pretty sure King Leonidas was in his sixties or early seventies.

    • @isuckatusernames4297
      @isuckatusernames4297 Před 4 lety +7

      Aparently both genkis khan and ghandi were alive at the same time

    • @plaguedeath3013
      @plaguedeath3013 Před 4 lety +26

      Fun fact Genghis Khan died from being nuked by Ghandi

    • @Darkblender5
      @Darkblender5 Před 4 lety +27

      @@plaguedeath3013 Ghandi was an absolute tyrant, and it's a shame schools don't teach that. His wanton use of Nukes is what caused the Roman Empire to fall!

    • @Madjo-qj2ge
      @Madjo-qj2ge Před 4 lety +3

      @@Darkblender5 is this Civilization reference?

    • @augustin5611
      @augustin5611 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Madjo-qj2ge Yep x)

  • @i-dislike-handles
    @i-dislike-handles Před 3 lety +4

    Sparta pushing those guys down the well was literally the first malicious compliance

    • @stanleyarmstrong2898
      @stanleyarmstrong2898 Před rokem

      It is only the most talked-about form of malicious compliance. The human psyche has not altered in many millennia.

  • @marko243
    @marko243 Před 4 lety +28

    Apart from the well known Lamda symbol on their shields, Spartiates very often bore the symbol of the Sun or that of one of the labours of Hercules. Spartans thought of themselves as pure and direct decendants of the well known demigod and the sun symbolises him and his feats in his labours are a depiction of the "victories of the sun in the battles of nature" (e.g his arrows shooting down the Stymphailian Birds as the rays of the sun penetrate the black rainy clouds to give a bright day, or defeating the Erymanthian Boar as the sun overcomes the might of the strong wind etc). Also, the Spartan army was divided in - what we would today call - divisions, with one of them bearing the icon of a hawk (the ancient Greek word "Lako" - hence Lakedaimon - means "hawk") and another one that of a scorpion (symbol of Ares, god of war). They chose the red colour for their clothing both for intimidation and to hide their bleeding injuries from the enemies sight.
    Lastly, the name Efialtis is the Greek word for "nightmare", keeping the reminder of the betrayal over the ages.

    • @8-bitsarda747
      @8-bitsarda747 Před 8 měsíci

      I'm gonna be that guy and correct you. It's the labours of Heracles. Hercules is the Roman one, Heracles is the Greek one

  • @zejfi
    @zejfi Před 4 lety +111

    ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι.

    • @snees
      @snees Před 4 lety +11

      I dont speak gyros but i fully agree what ever you wrote
      xD

    • @anvl86
      @anvl86 Před 4 lety +12

      Go, tell the Spartans, passerby,
      that here by Spartan law we lie

    • @Pablo-ft3be
      @Pablo-ft3be Před 4 lety

      Greece dogggg

    • @Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation
      @Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation Před 4 lety +1

      Greece Moment
      Bottom text

    • @amnot6665
      @amnot6665 Před 4 lety +5

      I got shivers from my middle school days. That's ancient Greek.

  • @SpacePatrollerLaser
    @SpacePatrollerLaser Před 4 lety +15

    So I'm to believe that the Persian gods told Xerxes to "go to Hellas"

  • @timothyissler3815
    @timothyissler3815 Před 4 lety +2

    Everyone remembers Thermopylae, but nobody remembers Salamis (where the Athenian navy lured the superior Persian navy into a chokepoint and smashed them to bits) or Plataea (where a coalition force smashed the Persians and ended the war). Thanks for giving those battles a small mention in this episodes, Indy.

  • @NegiTaiMetal011
    @NegiTaiMetal011 Před 4 lety +29

    The battle of Thermopylae is always among my favorite battles to look into. I want to look things outside of the famous 300. But still I wanna say: SABATON! WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION?!

  • @unfinishedsentenc5308
    @unfinishedsentenc5308 Před 4 lety +3

    I have been waiting for so long for this. So many mistakes people make when they think of this battle. Probably because of the movie, "300".

    • @unfinishedsentenc5308
      @unfinishedsentenc5308 Před 4 lety +1

      @Col. Commissar Ibram Gaunt Theres quite a few people that literally took the movie as being accurate.

  • @nberedim
    @nberedim Před 4 lety +7

    Whenever there is an Ephialtes or a Herostratus, there will always be a Leonidas or an Alexander

  • @ericolsen5592
    @ericolsen5592 Před 4 lety +2

    I loved seeing Sabaton on October 15th in Seattle. I just wish they played this song, it has sentimental value to me. In high school, I slacked off so much I got sent to military school. (Washington Youth Academy) In military school, we had 3 platoons: 1st Platoon (Wolfpack), 2nd Platoon (Spartans), and 3rd Platoon (Eagles). I was in 2nd Platoon, I was a Spartan. All of our espirit de corps showed it. I had been a metalhead for quite some time. During PT, some of our drill sergeants occasionally played metal music. Mostly 5FDP and System Of A Down and stuff, but it was enough to make me feel better. At one point I had the chance to talk to a drill sergeant as a normal person, and I recommended this song to be played for our platoon. He liked it, and actually said it became of his favorites. Whenever the song was played in PT, my platoon became unstoppable and it basically got me through tough times. So a year later when I got to see Sabaton in concert, I was excited to hear this song, but it wasn't played, probably because they had a limited amount of time. I think Sabaton should be allowed to have longer shows. As a fan, I wouldn't mind standing for a longer period of time, especially with this band's music. Totally killer show either way

  • @ieradossantos
    @ieradossantos Před rokem +1

    0:13 Bro's looking a bit too excited to come and hunt me down

  • @tlsgrz6194
    @tlsgrz6194 Před 4 lety +4

    9:10 Finally, we get to „know his name“ because his shame is supposed to last forever, but his name was never mentioned before

    • @DC-ru5xz
      @DC-ru5xz Před 4 lety +2

      TlsGrz interesting fact: when Ephialtes urged the Spartans to surrender, Leonidas wished him to live forever. That was the worst curse a spartan could throw because it meant he could never die an honorable death

    • @akrybion
      @akrybion Před 4 lety +1

      @@DC-ru5xz Ancient Marines, do you wanna life forever?

  • @Prophesional_Doc
    @Prophesional_Doc Před 4 lety +12

    Now do “Coat Of Arms” for the follow up

  • @Geeko170
    @Geeko170 Před 4 lety +4

    This... this was an amazing birthday present. Thanks for making it, and thanks for unknowingly releasing it in my birthday.

    • @SabatonHistory
      @SabatonHistory  Před 4 lety +1

      It wasn't unknowingly - happy birthday!

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 Před 3 lety

      Um, didn't the Spartans tortured little boys and forced them into prostitution before forcing them to kill slaves in order to be conscripted into the army

  • @batataacelerada4698
    @batataacelerada4698 Před 4 lety +7

    Xerxes: Where are my troops?
    The rest of the persian army: Gone, reduced to atoms.

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 Před 3 lety

      The Persians only outnumbered the Greek Army 3-1. The 300 Spartans plus 1000 Greeks served as a rearguard when their forced retreated

    • @giorgosx5838
      @giorgosx5838 Před rokem

      ​@@christiandauz37427k vs 250k. Idk, i was never good at maths but that is more than 3 to 1. Not like 3 to 1 isn't a massive difference to begin with

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 Před rokem

      @@giorgosx5838
      Adam Explains Everything debunked those numbers
      If the Persians had those kind of numbers they would have conquered the Greeks in a day
      If Poland had that kind of numerical superiority they would have won WW2 in two years!!!

    • @giorgosx5838
      @giorgosx5838 Před rokem

      @@christiandauz3742 Where can i watch it? Honestly on youtube all i found was a short video that talked about members on the Greek side only.
      You said that the persians outnumbered the Greeks 3 to 1 only (which still is a lot) but that's implying that the persians were around 21k. I think the biggest empire at the time could afford to spend more soldiers than that on a conquest, especially considering that you could bring the armies of 2 city states and have more soldiers than that making it unnecessary to fight in thermopylae to begin with. It was gonna end like the battle of plataea and this whole thing would be un needed. In addition if you claim that 21k persians were there that means that by the end of it only 1k persians were left making it extremely hard to burn Athens who's military was leagues above the Persians too.
      Also the ancient times and ww2 are kind of really far apart from each other so we can't compare them lol. Even in more recent history there are cases of small detachments fighting off for a long time forced that vastly outnumbered them

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 Před rokem

      @@giorgosx5838
      If I remember right, Adam Conover states that the Persians outnumbered the Greeks 7 to 1 at Thermopylae
      By the time of Xerxes the Persian Empire does have stability problems plus there were logistical problems moving that many soldiers
      Before Thermopylae, the Persians had to build a new bridge so they can move further into Greece
      The Immortals did wear heavy armor just like the Hoplites, though not to the same degree
      The Greeks embellished the battle's story in their legends like in Frank Miller's 300

  • @thenoobgameplays
    @thenoobgameplays Před 4 lety +9

    Ironic how that video was posted in the exact moment that i was doing a homeworl about acient greece for my college

  • @sergeant_chris6209
    @sergeant_chris6209 Před 4 lety +26

    It was the BEST thing when they performed it in Athens

    • @erikcyprich5422
      @erikcyprich5422 Před 4 lety +2

      Amazing story and video ❤️🔥🤘
      Sabaton History thanks 🔥♥️
      This is Sabaton Sparta🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘🤘

    • @harbl99
      @harbl99 Před 4 lety +1

      Of course Athenians enjoyed hearing about Spartans dying.

    • @torcaace
      @torcaace Před 4 lety +1

      @@harbl99 they would if it was 2300 years ago. Now all of the Greeks are united. As for modern Sparta well... The place is not very... interesting. It just has a statue of Leonidas and that's it

  • @stanleyarmstrong2898
    @stanleyarmstrong2898 Před rokem +1

    The 3 days of glory and the big battle at Plataea are still studued as tactical and strategic subjects. It is so famous that mechanized armies paint a Lambda on their vehicles for Lakadaemonia in the 21st century, 2500 yeaes later. THIS IS SPARTA!!!

  • @leonidaschryssinas1723
    @leonidaschryssinas1723 Před 4 lety +2

    it's an honour for my name & my ancestors to watch this vid. & having Sabaton making a song about Sparta, HAIL !

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 Před 3 lety

      So your ancestors tortured little boys, forced them to be male prostitutes before ordering them to kill slaves so they can be forcibly conscripted into the army?

  • @DC-ru5xz
    @DC-ru5xz Před 4 lety +14

    SPARTANS WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION

    • @muthias4582
      @muthias4582 Před 4 lety +3

      DC4 HOWL HOWL HOWL!!

    • @MDMetal
      @MDMetal Před 4 lety +2

      AHROO! *raise their spears into the air*

    • @autistiumhydroxide3614
      @autistiumhydroxide3614 Před 4 lety +1

      @Belagerungsmörser the Sheep My dog makes a similar noise when he howls while sleeping, so there's that.

    • @MDMetal
      @MDMetal Před 4 lety +2

      +Belagerungsmörser the Sheep Go watch "300". When the Spartans join up with the Arcadians, Leonidas asks some of them what their professions are. "Tailor" "Cobbler" etc. Then he asks the Spartans what their profession is. They respond by raising their spears and shouting "AHROO" as one. In today's U.S. Army, we have "HOOAH" while the U.S.M.C. has "OORAH". It's a shout to instill morale in yourself and your comrades-in-arms.

    • @magnusthered4973
      @magnusthered4973 Před 3 lety

      Aaaaaooooo aooooo ao ao

  • @rawchicken3463
    @rawchicken3463 Před rokem +1

    What I took from the description of army's was that Xerxes's men are mostly basic archers a single tier above imperial recruits in Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord

  • @darkomilosevic1972
    @darkomilosevic1972 Před 4 lety +47

    I would recommend everyone to read a book named Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield. Amazing read.

    • @huntergraham2739
      @huntergraham2739 Před 4 lety +3

      I’m reading it now and it’s great

    • @harbl99
      @harbl99 Před 4 lety +2

      Is that the one where the Spartan cadets are commanded "F**k that tree!" by their drill instructor?

    • @Artemidia
      @Artemidia Před 3 lety

      It literally made me cry

  • @Bexora_bc
    @Bexora_bc Před 4 lety +12

    Fun song! I love ancient history. This is one of the first I heard from you and got me completely addicted to your music ❤

  • @terrorcop101
    @terrorcop101 Před 4 lety +3

    You should've done, "THIS IS SABATON!!!!"

  • @baghira2761
    @baghira2761 Před 4 lety +5

    Now we need a song about Salamis, where the persian fleet was massacred by the outnumbered athen ships ^^

  • @kerlongsjorlejov1945
    @kerlongsjorlejov1945 Před 4 lety +6

    One great introduction. And this is going to be one great watch indeed.
    Saw that in Antwerp two years. You guys blew my mind on that show.

  • @myronalcock4716
    @myronalcock4716 Před 4 lety

    The best overview of the event I've yet seen - great work! Thanks guys!

  • @Oxtocoatl13
    @Oxtocoatl13 Před 4 lety +3

    I've often wondered why Leonidas stands alone as the greatest hero of the Persian wars despite dying in the first battle. It's probably because living heroes are still politicians with agendas and enemies. Pausanias, the Spartan commander who won at Plataea, was killed by fellow Spartans after he became unpopular, while Themistocles, the hero of Salamis, was driven to exile from Athens and ended up switching sides and advising the Persian navy.
    Dead heroes are more convenient than living ones, I guess.

  • @mercator79
    @mercator79 Před 4 lety +2

    Those who thumbed this down must be related to Xerxes... Great episode!!

  • @keldone3186
    @keldone3186 Před 4 lety +4

    everytime i hear this story, i fell like i want to cry

  • @MackingCheese99
    @MackingCheese99 Před rokem

    We need more Sabaton songs about ancient history.

  • @1jimmarch
    @1jimmarch Před 4 lety +17

    You should have mentioned molon labe.

    • @halo7oo
      @halo7oo Před 4 lety +1

      Come and take them!

    • @immikeurnot
      @immikeurnot Před 4 lety +1

      "If you surrender your arms, you can go home."
      "Come take 'em."

    • @1jimmarch
      @1jimmarch Před 4 lety +1

      @@immikeurnot Yup. It's been repeated a few times, including the "cannon flag" of the Texas revolt against Mexico.

  • @janmihalik2090
    @janmihalik2090 Před 4 lety +36

    May health serve to our 52 year old history God! :)

  • @daveholiman1044
    @daveholiman1044 Před 2 lety

    Way back in grade school the teacher gave a lecture on Sparta and the battle of thermopylae and I have been interested in Sparta and history ever since. I am so glad that your music is very much about history and that you are enjoying success doing so!

  • @efraimzainalntin
    @efraimzainalntin Před 4 lety +2

    I was waiting for this for so long

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 Před rokem

    I love your channel keep up the great stuff

  • @riality7302
    @riality7302 Před 4 lety

    I'm early 😍. I'm really glad we get to hear some snipbits of stories behind the creation of the songs. This was one again a great episode from you guys! Can't wait for the next one

  • @Artemidia
    @Artemidia Před 3 lety

    Persians: you are severely outnumbered
    Spartans: Good, it wouldn't be fair for you otherwise

  • @NinjaGaming-ck3lw
    @NinjaGaming-ck3lw Před 4 lety +1

    The story just shows the strength of the Spartans they went from 83.3 to 1 which means each Spartan had to fight like 84 men to 208.3 to 1 when call for the other troops to withdraw upon being flanked which required them to fight with the equivalents of 209 soldiers. So in conclusion even if they weren’t overwhelmed they would eventually have fallen due to inability to maintain stamina. Ps love your music sabaton

    • @NinjaGaming-ck3lw
      @NinjaGaming-ck3lw Před 4 lety

      On a sidenote I read in school that they were promised reinforcements a few thousand strong but they never arrived if they would’ve gotten those reinforcements they could’ve taken the entire Persian empire that day

  • @burningnapalm4436
    @burningnapalm4436 Před 4 lety

    Love both the song and video

  • @londonspade5896
    @londonspade5896 Před rokem

    Watching Sabaton live tomorrow, can't wait

  • @nichtfelixh2316
    @nichtfelixh2316 Před 4 lety +1

    Indy cosplaying as a spartan with that spear thrust made my day

  • @modestas2518
    @modestas2518 Před 4 lety

    YES I WAITED FOR THIS VIDEO FOR SO LONG!

  • @winterflower1534
    @winterflower1534 Před 4 lety +1

    Yeeeeah finally, new episode 😍

  • @ChibiBoxing
    @ChibiBoxing Před 4 lety +1

    Amazing stuff, instantly subscribed.

  • @Nine-Ball
    @Nine-Ball Před 4 lety

    I've been waiting for this

  • @Austin1723
    @Austin1723 Před 4 lety +1

    There was a similar battle that occurred on December 2nd, 1899. 60 Filipino troops under Gregorio Del Pilar held off some 400 or 500 Americans under Peyton March at the Battle of Tirad Pass, with one tribesman leading the Americans on a path that eventually outflanked and overwhelmed our guys

    • @331coolguy
      @331coolguy Před 4 lety

      Interesting during the Filipino uprising right?

    • @Austin1723
      @Austin1723 Před 4 lety

      @@331coolguy yup. Philippine-American War from 1899-1902

  • @Chionophobia
    @Chionophobia Před 4 lety +3

    Thanks so much for the quality content guys! You're getting me through long work days over here in the States.
    Can you please cover Night Witches? I was thrilled when I saw it on your set list for the North America tour as it's the first song of yours that took me down a Googling rabbit hole of research.

  • @lncpllee
    @lncpllee Před 4 lety

    Great album and channel!

  • @michaelf.bender3718
    @michaelf.bender3718 Před 4 lety +14

    Honestly, I've learned more from Indy and Sabaton than I ever did from any of my history teachers in grade school, middle and high school, and dare I say, currently, in college.

  • @thesaintperson5467
    @thesaintperson5467 Před 4 lety

    Great video🙌🏻

  • @JustinLaFleur1990
    @JustinLaFleur1990 Před 4 lety +1

    Every time I hear Sparta I scream a battle cry and pound my chest.

  • @MoonatikYT
    @MoonatikYT Před 4 lety

    First Sabaton song I ever listened to!

  • @h.g.ferguson6591
    @h.g.ferguson6591 Před 4 lety +1

    Hearing this in London on the tour was incredible, but I was so disappointed that Joakim didn't introduce it with "THIS IS SPARTA!!!!!!!!!"

  • @Mayonezorro
    @Mayonezorro Před 4 lety

    keep up the great work

  • @mulgra
    @mulgra Před 3 lety

    I'm so glad i foind this channel

  • @isaacshultz8128
    @isaacshultz8128 Před 4 lety

    Such an impactful story of courage and honor

  • @MrThroll
    @MrThroll Před 3 lety

    13:04 fine thrust, Indy!

  • @smiIingman
    @smiIingman Před 4 lety +2

    Man i wish time travel was a thing just so we could go back and Witness these epic battles and finally lay eyes upon the men and their methods of moving their giant balls around while also fighting off a GIANT force of Persians.

  • @rileytheflamingwookiecooki5646

    Awesome.

  • @atsekoutsoube
    @atsekoutsoube Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you

  • @gamermthegreat8229
    @gamermthegreat8229 Před 4 lety +5

    Sabaton should do a song about the boxer rebellion or at least do a cover of "55 days at peking"

  • @johnnythemachine6949
    @johnnythemachine6949 Před 4 lety +1

    I had ancient Greek in School and my teacher Always said that if the Persians won the war all the Achievements of the Greeks might have been lost and world history would've been totally different. He called it "a Bottleneck in the History of Mankind"

  • @kurisuuu48
    @kurisuuu48 Před 4 lety

    So many great battles happened in these old times, must be enough to fill a full Sabaton-Album!

  • @compassionatetraveler8625

    THIS IS!!! sabaton history

  • @erikcyprich5422
    @erikcyprich5422 Před 4 lety

    Amazing story and super video, thanks Sabaton History, I love you ♥️🔥♥️🔥This is Sparta 🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘

  • @barnabypartington6309
    @barnabypartington6309 Před 4 lety +1

    Sparta, Hellas, then and again, sea of three hundred men!

  • @Dragnfly_mynamewastaken
    @Dragnfly_mynamewastaken Před 4 lety +1

    Freeform historical strategy games exist so you can give Spartans panzer technology for backup