Are there really 300 Spartan warriors in history?

There really were three hundred Spartan warriors in history.

After killing nearly 20,000 Persian troops (some records say 7,000) in the Battle of Thermopylae, all 300 warriors died.

It is said that when the Persians were cleaning the battlefield, they only found the bodies of 298 Spartan citizens. It turned out that two Spartans did not participate in the battle. One was because of an eye disease, and the other was because he was ordered to go out. After the war, when they returned to Sparta, the people in their hometown despised them and no one paid attention to them. One of them couldn't bear the humiliation and committed suicide. The other was killed in the subsequent battle, but the Spartans still refused to bury him in the honorable cemetery.

Extended information:

Wenquanguan is a narrow passage that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. One side is the sea and the other side is a steep mountain wall. There is a thermal spring near this village, hence the name Thermopylae. This is the inscription engraved on a lion-shaped monument standing at Thermopylae Pass (literally translated as Thermopylae) in Greece to commemorate the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.

The Battle of Thermopylae was another historic confrontation between the Persian Empire and ancient Greece 10 years after the Battle of Marathon in the First Persian War. It was also the first battle in the Second Persian War. A famous battle. The Greek army relied on the advantageous terrain in this narrow pass to resist for three days, blocking the Persian army which was dozens of times larger than itself. However, the Persian army was outnumbered and killed nearly 20,000 people (some records say it was 7,000). After the Persian army, all 300 warriors died.

Greek army: a total of about 7,000 people (according to Herodotus’ records)

299 Spartan Royal Guard soldiers,

There are also other There were 900 other Spartans, possibly ordinary Spartan warriors or even Spartan "helots" (Spartan slaves),

500 Mantinians (Mantinea) city-state warriors

500 Tegea city-state warriors

400 Corinthian city-state warriors

1,120 Arcadian warriors

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200 warriors from the city-state of Phlius

80 warriors from the city-state of Mycenae

The above *** are from the Peloponnese The number of warriors totaled about 3,100 (or 4,000), and they were commanded by King Leonidas of Sparta.

Coupled with the coalition of other Greek city-states outside the Peloponnese Peninsula, there are:

700 Thespiae (generally translated as Thespia) city-states Warriors

400 warriors from the city-state of Thebes

1,000 warriors from the city-state of Phocis

Optien Roque in full force Opuntian Locris city-state warriors, the number is unknown

But in some early legends and modern movies, it is exaggerated to say that there were only 300 Spartans, ignoring all slaves and friendly troops.

Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia--Battle of Hot Spring Pass