300: Rise of An Empire

The story will span the ten years before the three-day Battle of Thermopylae, the suicidal stand-off of Leonidas and his 300 Spartans. The plot begins with the Battle of Marathon where the Athenians thwarted the first Persian invasion and ends with the naval Battle of Artemisium, which took place at the same time as Thermopylae. The plot begins with the Battle of Marathon where the Athenians thwarted the first Persian invasion and ends with the naval Battle of Artemisium, which took place at the same time as Thermopylae.