SPARTANS!! I am a huge fan of ancient history. I remember learning about the battle of thermopolie. even through the dry presentation of a 400 level history text, I was impressed by the actions of these men.

Combine that with my love of frank miller's visions and artwork, and let me just say I couidn't wait to go see the movie "300".

Now, I know its not for everyone. I loved it. I love the story, I loved the style, I loved how over the top the costumes were.

One thing I love is that it's emotionally honest. By that I mean, you have a 8 foot tall giant cut loose from his bonds to be a vicious weapon of the persians. In real life, the guy probably wasn't that tall. But to a person alive at the time, it would have seemed like some 6 foot 5 bruiser was 8 feet tall.

The thing I totally love though is that 300 is all about freedom, and refusing to kneel before anyone.

The funny thing? Ancient Sparta. 10% of the population, free men. the other 90% of the population? Slaves. Yeah. Thats right.

Now go watch the movie and be inspired by their "cry freedom!" attitude. Yeahhhhh.... those evil persians enslaving everyone. It was really all just one power trip anywhere you looked.

Even with that, the greeks still managed to invent modern math, calculus, geometry, oh and the musical scales we use today.
The ancient world was a facinating place, I have to say. Greeks really did culture like no one else. Had they gotten over being city states, and formed into a nation, who knows what the world would look like,