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It's beautiful. There are ruins and modern buildings everywhere. Its teh same size as athens, and teh capitol of the Peloponese region of Greece. We are still very proud of our warrior history, and you wouldn't believe how many monuments tehre are to Leonidus.

And I have one thing to say:"Haru! Haru!" which is greek for "Victory/Honor!". That, was teh Spartan chant during the War between Persia and Greece.

Seriously, if anyone wants to know about ancient Sparta, just ask, and I will most gladly do my best to answer.

They keot to the story well.

I mean, they had teh three days of battle, the Immortals, they had all the correct names of Leonidas' men, and the accuratley put into scene what the ancient philosopher's wrote down. There's only one small problem:

-Tha fact that Sparta didn't support slavery. At that time, when Sparta fought an enemy, any survivors were put in as slaves to build temples to Ares and Zeus.

So basically, the movie depected events 98% accurate.

Oh, you mean Xerxes the Great? He was known for his androgony(guys who look like girls whthere purposefully or not and vice versa). He was born looking slightly female.

Oh, I like that part too. Yo usee, Xerxes saw himself as a god on earth, and thats why he was "undefeatable" in battle. He supposedly never bled in his life, and he told Leonidas that fact, and Leonidas said in reply,"If you know my peoples' history well, you'll know we often challenge the gods, and at some points, make them bleed. If your are a god, then I am the Greek to make you bleed." and right before he died, Leonidas scratched along Xerxes face with his spear, causing him to bleed.

Yes. At the Battle of Thermopylae, 299 Spartans died, but one of Leonidas' Captains was told to leave to tell o their sacrifice. He told the Spartan council, and a year later, in 479BC, at the Battle of Plataea, the Sparta sent all it's able bodied men, which numbered in the millions(about 2 million) and Athens, Argos, Arcadia, Mycenea, Corinth, and Persepolis sent all their men, which combined was 245,000. WHich gave the Greek force almost the same number as the Persians(3 million versus 2,245,000). The Battle was led by Leonidas' captain, and they routed the persians, and left only 23,000 of the enemy alive. The Persians stayed out of Greece for good after that.

The Spartans didn't lose a fight for another hundered and 20 years. In 356BC Phillip the Second of Macedon took over and unified Greece. Then when he died, In 332 BC, his son, Alexander the Great, took over the Persian Empire. Then it took another 300 years for someone to conquer Sparta. In 56 BC Rome was taking over the known world. The yconquered Sparta after 4 years of battle and war. The ythen adapted Spartan fighting tactics into their army, making them even more invencible.

In Sparta, not knowing the history isolates you. Or atleast thats the way it seems. But we're proud that only Rome did it. They were the most powerful force to arise, and it took them 4 years to take down Sparta.

Anyways, I know 3 other people who know just as much as I do if not more. Those three would be Alex(mako), Kyo(he and I are having a brilliant talk about ancient cultures), and Will(he goes to mine and Alex's school.)

So, anymore questions? If not, may I ask a few?