Leonidas of Sparta: Warrior king of the Greek city-state of Sparta

The real life exploits of Leonidas of Sparta and his 300 warriors at Thermoplyae have given rise to the myth of the Spartan superhero – the supremely disciplined man of few words who had a body of steel, could endure any hardship and would fight to his last breath. Such men really did exist and chief among them was Leonidas, the Spartan king who defied the might of Persia, saving Greece from annihilation. In this week’s Biographics we discover the real life Leonidas. →Subscribe for new videos every Monday and Thursday! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Vote for the Biography you want us to next. Click here to vote: http://biographics.org/you-choose-the-biography/ Visit our companion website for more: http://biographics.org Credits: Host - Simon Whistler Author - Steve Theunissen Producer - Jack Cole Executive Producer - Shell Harris Business inquiries to biographics.email@gmail.com Other Biographics Videos: Bruce Lee: A Life Taken Too Soon https://youtu.be/gE82LsvGujI?list=PLy3kHTZWA8OhXe_SpWTEprYXmP_rVa6oc Andre the Giant: The Gentle Giant https://youtu.be/_zjwSX-dKpg?list=PLy3kHTZWA8OhXe_SpWTEprYXmP_rVa6oc