Leonidas I

Leonidas I

male
Laconic phrase, Agiad, ephors, Gorgo, Oracle of Delphi, Carneia…Isthmus of Corinth, killed in battle, battleofthermopylae, Ruler of Sparta, thermopylae
Leonidas (Greek: " - "Lion's son", "Lion-like") was a king of Sparta, the 17th of the Agiad line, one of the sons of King Anaxandridas II of...
Tom Wisdom

Tom Wisdom

male
Child of the New Forest, theater, Blackhearts in Battersea, Frank Miller, Sky One, Sword Of Honour…Children of the New Forest, battleofthermopylae
Tom Wisdom is a British actor of theater, film and television. His film roles includes the downtrodden hero of Danny Patrick's "Hey Mr DJ" (2005)...

Dienekes

male
killed in battle, ancient greek, Thespaians, Spartiates, Gates of Fire, Thespiae…battleofthermopylae
Dienekes was a Spartan officer present at the Battle of Thermopylae. He was acclaimed the bravest of all the three hundred Spartiates selected to...

Aristodemus

male
spartan, sparta, battleofthermopylae, leonidas, Ancient Spartans
Aristodemus was a Spartan warrior, one of the famous "Three Hundred" sent to the Battle of Thermopylae. Along with a comrade, Eurytus, Aristodemus...

Rudolph Maté

male, deceased (1964)
Perachora, The 300 Spartans, From Krakow, death by myocardial infarction, battleofthermopylae, austria-hungary…University of Budapest, The Passion of Joan of Arc, The Black Shield of Falworth film director
Rudolph Maté, born as Rudolf Matheh or Mayer was an accomplished cinematographer and film director. Born in Kraków, Austria-Hungary, Maté sta...

Cleomenes I

male
Gorgo, thermopylae, battleofthermopylae, Attica, Royal suicide in the classical world, 5th centuries BC…Ruler of Sparta, King of Sparta
Cleomenes was one of the Kings of Sparta in the 6th and 5th centuries BC. Cleomenes is notable for an unusual interest in foreign conquests...

Pantites

male
sparta, battleofthermopylae, hanging, suicide by hanging, Ancient Spartans, Thessaly
Pantites (died c. 480s BC) was a Spartan warrior, one of the Three Hundred sent to the Battle of Thermopylae. King Leonidas I ordered Pantites on...

Brennus

male
athenian, Bolgios, Cambaules, Cerethrius, Acichorius, trimarcisia…battleofthermopylae, thermopylae
Brennus (or Brennos) (d. 279 BC) was one of the leaders of the the army of Gauls who invaded Macedonia and northern Greece, defeated the assembled...

Artapanus

male
persian, Achaemenid dynasty, sparta, General, battleofthermopylae, Xerxes I
Artapanus was a Persian General under Xerxes I. According to Ctesias' "Persica", Artapanus led the first wave of Persians against the Spartan force...

Manius Acilius Glabrio

male
Censorship, ancient roman, roman, consul, Roman Republican consul, General…battleofthermopylae
Manius Acilius Glabrio was a Roman consul, general, and member of a plebeian family. Glabrio became consul in 191 BC, defeated Antiochus the Great...