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Why The Persians Should Be The Good Guys In '300' - Hilarious Helmet History #1

[@ctheconnectshun2246]

Every hero is someone else's villain.

[@jimmy1860]

they dont seem to understand that

[@songofthieves]

"From my point of view, the JEDI are evil!"

[@redrath2]

Which never made sense, I get that from the right perspective it seems a little bit like the Jedi purged anyone whos religion differed a little from theirs. but thats only if you ignore all the good they were trying to do in the now. where the solution of the sith was kill everything in sight.

[@redrath2]

Yeah and like 9000000% of the known world at the time thought Persia was the giant impending doom upon them. An inevitable tide of death or submission. That whole bit he went into here about "After he conquered them, the ruler was actually quite a nice guy" lol yeah. Thats the point.

[@deauntaeexum8777]

N Carey I'm just over here thinking that there are never good guys in war just a back and forth between defense and offense.

[@tshepomasiea3985]

It's just Hollywood, in 100 years someone will make a movie about 300 marines fighting off 1M Iraqis in Texas.

[@acrippledlittlerata9491]

You do realize that this movie is based on a fictional comic book that is inspired by the battle of thermopylae wait my mistake your brain can't comprehend that.

[@tshepomasiea3985]

@@acrippledlittlerata9491 You are agreeing with me, I was just using a metaphor to make the point that you are making. Potrails of history will be "inspired" by history and will deviate from history due to contemporary bias influences and beliefs. Also I think you might be a kid, like 12 or 13. 14 at most.

[@dolfyhilter577]

@@acrippledlittlerata9491 would you like it if the Persians made a movie about 200 immortals fighting against 1 billion hoplites?

[@HVLLOWS1999]

Accuracy on fleak.

[@kobyschuman7006]

Try 2 and a half millennia, a single century isn't enough for that kinda discrepancy

[@kingofcherries4357]

Spartan: "Tell him he faces free men here, not slaves!" Persian: "Is that because all your slaves are locked in your basement?"

[@rpd6874]

that was awesome😂😂😂

[@jhevyspencergomez3767]

AHAHAHHHH!!!!!!!!

[@saeedvazirian]

you single handedly fucked the entire west and their shitty legacy with your badass Persian-witted comment. Fucking love it. Iran won.

[@freedomfighter8840]

it's just a movies . but it's not real

[@mecthegreat92]

@@freedomfighter8840 based on real historical events.

[@mirnowruz]

I actually didn't find this out why Hollywood hate ancient Persia history ?

[@yaladdin3594]

Because of current political issues with Iran

[@mirnowruz]

@@yaladdin3594 pretty I've known it but I like to realize this from American people and their ideas

[@watsonnata9604]

Americans are just like the ancient greeks they lie too much about their history

[@mirnowruz]

@@watsonnata9604 exactly , I'M very wondered since American's supposed that greek history is theirs 😆 , but Anglo-Saxon race is so far to black hair Greece people! This companionship is obviously wrong

[@pouya33]

They still do

[@Emily-pq6zd]

Isn't 300 framed as a legend being told to soldiers by a general? The hypocrisy only adds to that charm. The Spartans have no self-awareness.

[@Emily-pq6zd]

The CM Studio That's the point. It's framed within the film as a legend of the Battle of Thermopylae being told by the Spartans to their countrymen. Inaccuracies that favor the Spartans are there intentionally. This is how I rationalize Miller's awful writing.

[@NoESanity]

ok i'm going to try to clarify what narwhal is saying that you seem to be missing. in the movie, the plot of the movie is that the blind spartan who survived the battle of thermopylae is telling this story to the spartan army to get them energized for the battle ahead. this means that the demonization of the persians is an intentional bit of exaggeration and propaganda from the soldier telling the story. no one is saying anything about actual history. no one is saying this is bias or unbiased. This is suppose to be a story from a spartan to other spartans in the middle of a war against persia. it has nothing to do with their society, their politics, or even their military strategy... it's a fucking pep rally.

[@Emily-pq6zd]

NoESanity Thank you.

[@Armendicus]

I swear some people just cannot judge art. You'd think they'd actually pay attention to the movie they were watching, but nope everything flies over their heads and the SJW demons are set loose.

[@pnkemp]

Not a single mention of the core fact of 300. That the Spartans, good or bad, were defending their country against an *invasion* by Persia. Or are invasions now ok as long as they are by good guys? Surely the lesson is that a large empire requires good governance, taxes, and bureaucracy to exist. Small countries can rely on more rigid central structures.

[@ayna3939]

I'm Persian and I was watching this movie and I was like "what the hell??" thank you for finally talking about this.

[@nifralo2752]

You get black people in Iran

[@dodgeghoul4852]

im Greek and proud of what the spartans did. 300 vs thousands of persians.

[@srtwizzy8535]

@@dodgeghoul4852 im proud of what albania and turkey did

[@Shrey_Shrek]

@@dodgeghoul4852 lets remember that it wasn't just a flat field 300v1000s

[@darkknightofmusic8872]

@@dodgeghoul4852 yes, 300 spartans and 3000 non spartan warriors

[@Unnatural09]

Cyrus The Great is actually The Grandfather of Democracy, also known as the "King of Kings".

[@z..a9562]

The first peace maker

[@freedomfighter8840]

no he was great king Democracy is a foolish

[@suslightyear6162]

The king of kings actually has another meaning One of our past kings(mohammadreza shah)says Im the king of kings becuase eveey persian is a king

[@farnabazat5395]

@SIDO doesnt make any difference .medes Persian parthian scythians were all Iranians with diffrent tribe name and they all spoken Iranian language and in time the language gets some changes on their spelling and ...... It's like the greeks had Athens and Spartans and Macedonia and ....... The medes at first had 7 tribe and 3 of them were Iranian speaker and other were part of mana and gutian tribes and the ruler and the kings of medes were Iranian people (aryans).cyrus grand father was mede and they married with the king of Ansan city .the Iranians after the migration to iran after 1500 BC in diffrent periods ,they mixed with the native Iranians and iranians farmers like the Elamites and the kassites and gutians in zagros mountain and manna people who spoken hurrian language family

[@thenaturebro]

democracy is a illusion, only fools believe in it.

[@vineethdhuplae2432]

The real Xerxes was a legend,he use to rule kingdoms from India to Ethiopia,he was also mentioned in the Bible,he married Esther of the Bible.He is the grandson of Cyrus the Great.

[@watsonnata9604]

Exactly he not some gay dude in a underwear he was actually smart masculine with a Leonidas body type

[@Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos]

Wait he actually did married Esther?

[@mojcyrus1495]

@@Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos No it is Jewish propaganda,his wife was amestris a zoroastrian Persian NOT a Jewish Persian.

[@armon9555]

No he is not. Cyrus the great had 2 children: Bardiya and Cambyses, both of which died before having children. Xerxes is son of Darius, who claimed to be the cousin of Cyrus the Great.

[@Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos]

@@mojcyrus1495 ah that make sense.

[@GWUAJAKDFH]

But did the Persians have abs?

[@manospondylus4896]

nick manges you'd probably get some nice muscles if you had to walk all the way from Iran to Greece in heavy armor.

[@Cpt.PickHard]

nick manges no! but they have lovely carpets

[@celticwolff5429]

And cats. Don't forget the cats.

[@croisaor2308]

Abs were a Spartan invention.

[@celticwolff5429]

Croí Saor Were their workouts called "Abs of Bronze?"

[@musicf3b]

Someone check this guy for Persian gold.

[@JavierFernandez01]

musicf3b just check his foreskin.

[@Artliker1234]

Javier Fernandez what's that going to prove? Foreskin isn't a clear indicator of anything nowadays

[@JavierFernandez01]

Artliker1234 blasphemy.

[@tyrant-den884]

musicf3b or he just knows that the Cyrus Cylinders are the oldest recorded laws that would still be considered progressive in much of the modern world, and Frank Miller is a guy who worships brute force at all costs.

[@alfa0i0omega]

Xerxes: Unlike the cruel Leonidas that requires you to post good content, I merely require you to sub for sub. Wonnabe tuber: I want it all! The tubebucks, the fanbois, the popularity...and one more thing...a stupid catchphrase! Xerxes: Done.

[@JOJOGallant-yh6jb]

Great work! As a French, the history and culture of Persia have always been one of my favorites👍

[@nopeland1470]

As a Persian, this video is wholesome, thank u;Every seconds of it heals the wounds embedded by Hollywood lol

[@MexJew]

It’s a fucking movie chill Based on a comic book, for gods sake, it has a gazelle playing a cello, yall need to chill on the “Hollywood propaganda against Persia” like who in the actual fuck cares about that anymore, it makes no sense at all

[@MexJew]

It’s a fucking movie chill Based on a comic book, for gods sake, it has a gazelle playing a cello, yall need to chill on the “Hollywood propaganda against Persia” like who in the actual fuck cares about that anymore, it makes no sense at all

[@odette5031]

@@MexJew Dang, why are you so bothered by someone else’s opinion? You don’t have to agree but they have a right to have their own beliefs

[@ms.m6060]

Hollywood dosnt like eastern history

[@user-wo6gz8oo3y]

@@MexJew but it is affect people beliefs

[@TheSonofApollo]

Fun fact, during the second invasion of Greece by the Persians (the 300 one) more Greeks fought with the Persians than against them

[@ari3903]

Spartans even considered slaves bigger threat than "SLAVERS"

[@loverofhistory.5826]

If you wnat to know why because they were under persia...

[@brucejedilee5290]

Because they were afraid and didn't think they could win or were hired mercenaries. Also I doubt there were more greeks on the persians side, unless you are talking about greeks from the persian controlled cities in Anatolia

[@JQuinM]

Yeah, because it was mandatory for any conquered land to send conscripts to fight in the persian army. I wasn't for persian patriotism.

[@forteusvaldez4647]

@@brucejedilee5290 many northern greek states allied themselves with the persians, some willingly and others threatened with invasion. thrace was a region who, according to Herodotus, were forced to ally with the persians. thebes was a greek city state who willingly allied themselves with the persians. well, the spartans forced thebes to fight at thermopylae, but after the battle thebes switched sides officially.

[@mostafamoss8094]

finally someone who give a shit about accurate history

[@TheMrUZB]

But hey Persians never had the largest empire the world has ever seen!

[@arminkiani4127]

@@TheMrUZB Yes they had , in relation to the known and civilized world of world

[@TheMrUZB]

@@arminkiani4127 that is a very inaccurate and an ignorant statement to make. Persians never conquered ancient nations such as China, India, the Turkic people and Mongolians; but the Persians themselves were conquered numerous times.

[@arminkiani4127]

@@TheMrUZB who said thea persian never captured turkey? Turkey was part of the Achaemenid Empire, and even in the time of Sassanid, there were part of Turkey and Asia Minorians Al last , When Persians captured Athen There is no mongolia no France no Turkey and about what country you said There is just a little parts of chine please see the maps of the known world in 2500 years ago

[@arminkiani4127]

@@TheMrUZB and I forgot something . Persians captured parts of india many times since 2500 years ago to 400 years ago (This does not mean that in all these years, it was part of Iran, but the time interval of Iranian kings that conquered India like nadershah)

[@dominickjustave3558]

Persian empire is soo underrated, they were way ahead of there time

[@outlawfly664]

They were, Iran had many exceptional great empires/dynasties, but not anymore. Iran today is such a mere shadow of its former glory. As they say it takes generations to build great things, but it only takes one or few incompetent ones to ruin everything.

[@Zodroo_Tint]

You don't know what "ahead of there time" means. Please be smarter and not just repeat other people like a parrot!

[@alaska4939]

Persia was actually a good empire. They are really interesting to read about.

[@barankashany187]

@@ur_mum4386 ببین من ایرانی هستم. ایران یکی از بهترین فرهنگ ها تقریبا قدیمی ترین تاریخ از هر نقطه غنی فقط حاکم خوب ندارن

[@sauceboss9443]

"Good"

[@WillHoward2002]

Invading other lands isn't a good thing🤦.

[@mysorepakchannel2372]

​@@WillHoward2002 each and every country did that..

[@PeachDragon_]

​@@WillHoward2002 your ignorance is frankly world shattering, i am surprised the world didn't just disappear into the aether. Literally the first rule of history is to never apply modern morality to ancient people, not a single country in history is innocent, not one, so grow up and start actually opening a book instead of judging people from 2000 years ago on your high horse of privilege and arrogance

[@bvthebalkananarchistmapper5642]

FINALLY, SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT THIS!

[@Zodroo_Tint]

Just press Caps Lock again and it will be okay!

[@rafaelmikeoxlongchatzelis2258]

Lmao im Greek and all he says is true

[@HOSSEIN_BADBOY]

I'm Persian and i love greek this 300 movie is bullshit. greek and persian not like that they more deeper. Philosophy and Zoroastrianism.

[@vulkan7800]

@Wignat Fedposter dude i can smell you from here, take a shower

[@user-yh8yp5lq3m]

@Wignat Fedposter First of all , every country has been bloodmixed from 2000 years ago . + you can see documentaries about the greek DNA , + yes you are right , we cannot be the same in spirit or anything else like ancient greeks we lost our roots and our ethics , but neither are u or anyone else . And Besides u just used many Greek words through your speech , so fuck you

[@jordanvegeta939]

@@user-yh8yp5lq3m We are greeks not anything else

[@dariusrezai8319]

Well said 👍🏻

[@arashabbasi8925]

Im persian and im happy that someone said the truth

[@mohsenvardan]

True brother.

[@earlbobsoledad9721]

I didn't know that Persian empires are actually a good kingdom where slaves are not existed but freedom of culture existed

[@mcloathin3354]

Your ancestors tried to take over the world, and my ancestors smashed them. L

[@noblenormie1179]

@@mcloathin3354 his ancestors are superior humans that are responsible for great advancements for humanity and he belongs to the race worthy of being called the superior race unlike you

[@noblenormie1179]

@@mcloathin3354 lmao delirous

[@SlappinCheeks]

I ll never forget when my Grandpa Who was a Historian and also happened to be General MacArthurs translator during WW2 finished watching 300 with me walked shook his head chuckling as he stepped away to his office/workshop. I asked his thoughts and he replies ..Oh my dear grandson how easy it is for one to tell history the way they want it to be remembered rather than to do just by telling it the way it really happened. He went on about how the persians had to travel for months and build bridges and all kinds of bizarre feats just to get there and win the battle in a couple days. How free and just the persian empire was. How Cyrus the King was the most honorable and great Kings of history but no one will ever tell his story with the same Bright Lights and Glam.

[@pooyatiquairequrious4186]

underrated grandpa hope he's alright

[@redsdewarmestcolor2600]

Sadly your Grandpa is right, no one is gonna tell the story of Cyrus the Great, cuz even the government in Islamic Republic of Iran don’t let ppl talk abt the history before Muslim conquest of Persia

[@sohrabvazir]

Your grandfather is a wise man and as an Iranian I am glad that such wise people are in the world.

[@HOSSEIN_BADBOY]

Persian have philosophy too in their culture They say Zarathushtra. Who believe in good things and they say they must fight the devils.

[@svarog8546]

The dont have it anymore beacuse Islam destroyed it

[@SI-fv7gc]

@@svarog8546 It's embedded in Iranian culture, Zoroastrianism became our culture. Islam simply became our religion. Both are intertwined and important to our identity.

[@Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos]

If only the ERE and the Sassanaid lived as fellow brethren like they did before, instead of fighting each other causing their own downfall, especially the ERE, "the worst enemies of the Eastern Roman Empire, was themselves"

[@HOSSEIN_BADBOY]

@@svarog8546 Persian culture never can be destroyed.

[@HOSSEIN_BADBOY]

@@Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos sassanid was a great Empire. These wars began between them with marcus Licinius Crassus Dives attack.(ere) and after this muslims Destroy both of them. and this was the end of Great kingdoms. (Persian and Roman).

[@samdarvish9798]

Every one forgets about the fact that persia built it’s empire without slaves

[@chadh9457]

everyone forgets it because its a lie

[@s.a.8548]

Chad it's really not. To denial fact that is well known is extremely stupid.

[@samdarvish9798]

If that is a lie then is the 300 a lie to think about 300 spartans vs 1 million Persian immortals yeah right

[@Caseyw462]

There were only 10,000 Immortals. They kept it that way.

[@Caseyw462]

Imagine an NFL team in full pads playing against a High School team with leather helmets. That was a Greek Hoplite vs. Persian Infantry.

[@bionicleanime]

3 years after Thermopolis and Sparta gives up: The 300, "Our sacrifice was in vain?" Persia, "YES."

[@lonleybeer]

300 is a bad green screen and anti Iran propaganda a wet dream of a modern Greek person I'd say

[@DMp-xp6mj]

I'm a modern greek person and no greek thinks like this. Nowadays we have great relationships with Iran and we always respected their civilization. Even Alexander who conquered the entire Persian empire respected Persian culture. This is just some American bs, they have rivalry with Iran in the middle east and Hollywood has always used greek culture to make horrible movies ( Troy, Alexander and so on). But I can assure you that no greek person thinks bad about Iranians, I even learned some farsi in uni.

[@ZZzz-fe9bo]

​@@DMp-xp6mjGreek culture is more like Persian culture and vice versa they both had influences on each other, It's just the typical West giving a bad name to The East but in fact in Ancient Greek times They were more culturally like the East but now in Modern day 20th century the West has changed Greece to more of a western country, then when Greeks show off there real culture The West call it Ottoman corruption and etc but go look at the historical evidence Greece was always like that, Same goes how they try to call ancient Greeks blonds but in fact they were mostly dark haired and eyes people and we can prove this by looking at Ancient greek wall art where the all have dark or black hair and not a European facial structure and etc like they try to portray in the movies and or try claim.

[@armstrong2450]

No wonder I always taught Persians had the most magnificent society I heard about

[@anna8328]

An impression shared by young minds of Polish and the rest of the Europe as they sat in their history class -sorry - IF THEY SAT IN THEIR HISTORY CLASS - and listened to facts.

[@aryan5314]

@@anna8328 stfu

[@anna8328]

@@aryan5314Any particular reason you're saying that to me buddy? xDD

[@anna8328]

@@aryan5314 heeeeyyy talk back to me xD I am so interested in your explanations:D

[@aryan5314]

@@anna8328 u just insulted persians with false facts what do u expect lmao

[@19poundpound94]

Impossible especially in the film industry. How can an eastern civilization ever be a good guy?

[@pedramfazel95]

You Should Check out the history of iran before it raided by the Arabians They Forced Persians by the swordTo Believe in Islam...

[@DomanicGamingYT]

@@pedramfazel95 you cannot force someone to believe in anything. they might appear to be believing in Islam but they will not perform the activities of Islam nor will teach their descendants to be a Muslim. So you cannot establish a religion or faith by force.

[@allninelivez7631]

@@DomanicGamingYT Romans did it with Christians. Christians did it with Christians. And it's still happening today. Religion just needs to go, it's the 21st century for frig sake.

[@DomanicGamingYT]

@@allninelivez7631 what does it mean by 21st century, that we should all forget everything about our past beliefs and traditions and change into new a complete new creature ?

[@ari3903]

@@DomanicGamingYT Yes, but if it goes on like that they will just get along with it. | "If you get a reputation of mad dog, you will be mad dog"

[@StateiraCyrus]

Nietzsche, the great western philosopher " It would have been much more fortunate had the Persians become masters of the Greeks " "Nietzsche became one of the most influential of all modern thinkers. His attempts to unmask the motives that underlie traditional Western religion, morality, and philosophy deeply affected generations of theologians, philosophers, psychologists, poets, novelists, and playwrights. "

[@cyrusthegreatofpersiairan7569]

Very interesting! Nietzsche is one of the most influential men in history.

[@amiramiri1471]

Do you have any pages something??

[@StateiraCyrus]

@@amiramiri1471 Yes, read this : Nietzsche and Persia/Iran www.iranicaonline.org/articles/nietzsche-and-persia

[@christopher.g5422]

Persia/Iran is beautiful. The Persians are one of the most ancient peoples of the world. Persia/Iran is one of the most ancient countries and civilizations in the world.

[@masseffect1272]

Nietzsche a navel gazing wanna be philosopher/poet

[@vahidshams8689]

Tnx for this video I'm a Persian. And you made me really happy by saying the truth and clearing the image

[@paddleed6176]

Persia doesn't exist. You let Khomeini destroy you.

[@aliibnraymond1361]

@@paddleed6176 you do realize he liberated Iran right? It was controlled by the Shah which was controlled by the U.S and Britain and gave all it's oil to them, not to mention the hundreds of spies sent during the Islamic revolution to try and kill our leaders, yeah Khomeini destroyed Iran that's why it's now the 2nd, one of the 8 world powers, and most powerful nation in the region but doesn't spend an excessive amount of money on military.

[@aryanwitheredone]

@@aliibnraymond1361 Now Islamic Republic of Iran has the worst Human rights, an almost dead economy, one of the worst passports, The least valuable money (70 Rials = 1 $ to over 210000 Rials = 1$), Telling lies behind each others to the people, Eracing anyone who disagrees them , Helping terrorism in Syrian, Yemen, Lebanon and ... . Now what do you have to say.

[@omid1026]

Padd Leed we will rise from the ashes like a Phoenix sooner rather than later

[@AJ_MUR]

@@aryanwitheredone Everything you said does not matter to them, since kh*meini still apparently "liberated" Iran. Don't forget the fact that the Islamic Republic is now allied with China, an even more intrusive and evil foreign power that recently agreed to a 25-year deal with Iran which will allow the CCP to gain control of potential oil/petchem projects, thereby giving them easier access to Iranian oil.

[@francesco8000]

I'm here before a bunch of angry white guys come and say "herp derp white are de bezt herp derp".

[@manospondylus4896]

Francesco nope, you were too late

[@francesco8000]

Disappointed Turtle it's unfortunate but angry white people are really fast.

[@Cookiesdiefrombehind]

Persians are Caucasian, so that point would not make sense here.

[@francesco8000]

Just to point out 2 things: 1)i'm really white 2)i think it's really fun how some guys gets offended because i said "white guys" so now they go full "you racist dude" and the only thing they achieve is proving that i was right when i said that a bunch of angry white people would come.

[@francesco8000]

I get this weird feeling that people here don't get sarcasm. Oh well, not my fault if you get offended so easily, after all if you think i was talking about you may be you should ask yourself why.

[@afiqsince86]

the only people who cared to watch this video is the ppl who already knew...

[@zzaanndd2106]

Good point :D

[@JosueRodriguez1225]

neither did i

[@miladmzz]

Xerxes was actually a cool dude,, not trying to brag but we actually hit the gym together a few times !

[@ndhunamabunda5444]

Me too but was a little to extreme when trying to motivate others while lifting weights

[@anna8328]

I believe you believe that xD Does he workout with all this jewellery?

[@zahraEb99]

😂😂😂

[@waltersimmons9512]

You mean the actor?

[@Aria-sp5dv]

Bro call him khashayar.his name was khashayar

[@immortal__xerxes7102]

Thanks for telling the people the truth

[@factchecker4397]

Moral of the story Don't believe in fake movies😁

[@miguelmateus5258]

Are movies real? I thought they were all fake.

[@nephalemresurrection7518]

And comics don't believe.

[@z..a9562]

Don't trust Hollywood

[@whatever2575]

just don't believe in Hollywood🤪

[@dorian4426]

Yep. It's exactly like Ozzy Osbourne says: "The media sells it and you live the role" Don't believe anything you see on the internet or TV.

[@bigsonny45]

You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free!

[@juanramirezgonzalez2213]

the mitokhondria shall set me free us, it's true

[@Cookiesdiefrombehind]

No, the force will.

[@alexf6524]

Thing is this dude just speaks half truths and half truths are usually worse than full lies

[@sonuwala001]

Big Sonny it's my favorite verse

[@Hamieee]

Juan Ramirez Gonzalez the way you tired to spell mitochondria gave me aids

[@isaacisaac1130]

People saying in the comments it's just Hollywood, but if you take Kingdom of Heaven as an example, movie that was 100 times more historically accurate then 300, and amount of hate it got for making Crusaders look like "bad guys", you can understand double standards.

[@kamiabghorbanpour2291]

Iranian here who has studied Iranian/Persian history. I don't think anyone would read this comment, but your video has significant problems. 1 - Obviously, Greeks never fought for "freedom," not because Persians were freer but because the concept of freedom is modern and didn't exist back then. The idea that Cyrus the Great created a multicultural empire with religious freedom is absurd, not because it didn't exist but because the concepts you are talking about didn't exist. Religion was drastically different from the Judeo-Christian-Islamic religions that came hundreds of years later. There was no need to give religious freedom to anyone because state-funded religious oppression wasn't a thing. (I know Iranians with little historical education will get upset because their mythical conception of ancient Persia doesn't match the historical reality.) 2 - Greeks stop the fall of the western civilization not because Alexander the Great came after but because the idea of "West vs. East" is a modern concept. Back then, Greeks didn't consider themselves part of a greater thing called the "European" or "Western" culture. In fact, many great Greek men such as Herodotus we celebrate today were not born in modern Greece but in modern Turkey! See? It sounds ridiculous when you apply the modern-day concept to the ancient world. It would have made Europe no less "Western" if Greeks were conquered by Persians, much like how they were conquered by Turks. (I know Americans/maybe Europeans with little historical education are going to get upset because their mythical conception of ancient Europe doesn't match the historical reality.) 3 - The way you tackled the concept of democracy was entirely ahistorical. Athen's democracy had nothing to do with the war with the Persians. The type of ideological warfare and fighting for ill-defined concepts such as "freedom" or "democracy" is ridiculous in the context of the Greco-Persian wars. It's like saying they fought for "socialism" or "secularism." Athen's democracy remained intact even when Macedonians and Romans conquered the city. It would have remained the same way if the Persians had gained control.

[@Scrimparmy]

What do you expect from a leftist propaganda channel

[@Psy_Ro]

while all your points are correct, since the movie tries to apply current ideas into past cultures and events, the video tries to debunk those by showing these values could better fit the other side of the conflict.

[@kamiabghorbanpour2291]

@@Psy_Ro Yes, I do get that the video has good intentions but unfortunately, as I mentioned it makes the same mistakes in regards to applying modern concept to historical periods.

[@kamiabghorbanpour2291]

@@Scrimparmy Nothing mentioned in the video is "leftist" which in many cases rely on historical materialism. In fact, it does the common right-wing fallacy of comparing modern concept to historical events. Anyways, please don't use my analysis to validate your politics.

[@RaviKumarTiwari]

300 is a parody movie

[@akhsdenlew1861]

Like every other Hollywood movie. Made PURELY for entertaining. It's the people's fault for expecting 100% historical accuracy from hollywood movies, when their intentions are clear in multiple cases.

[@lohengramm6969]

Its based on a comic! My God does no one know this!?

[@RikkiTheRose]

@@lohengramm6969 i know that

[@brettoakes3697]

Ravi Tiwari no it’s not, we are the Spartans is tho

[@Seekarr]

@@lohengramm6969 I wouldn't say "it's based on a comic" excuses it of any of its silliness. Even comic books who insert superheroes into events tend to be get things right, I haven't seen a WW2 comic where the Nazis fight for democracy and equality, for example.

[@jannis2072]

You know what's funny? Spartans talking about freedom when they had slaves. You know what's even more funny?Americans talking about freedom when they too had slaves 2.000 years later.

[@douglasweatherford2403]

Americans didn't have slaves 2 years ago or assuming you meant a comma 2,000 years ago either

[@theemperor3625]

you know nothing about american history, at least we have the balls to fight for other countries freedom....and we had a brutal civil war over slavery, lastly it was only 200 year re re do your math

[@levangelashvili727]

@Saiyajin You are saying right things except that bullshit in last sentence. lol. What do you mean in nothing good? Modern sciences, architecture, law, medicine, many technologies and other things have European culture as a base. Oh did you mean Christians? Yea, they burnt or massacred people for having different opinion and all the stuff but that things happened mostly for politics covered and justified with religion, just like in all other cultures. On the other hand, in Middle Ages monasteries were basically the only places of education, knowledge and innovations. Even in later centuries just think of how many people who discovered new things in science were priests or monks. Did you know Belgian Catholic Priest, was the originator of what would become known as the "Big Bang Theory"? :)

[@teej783]

Americans were at Thermopolis? Slavery was started under British rule and lasted longer under British rule than under American rule.

[@thromagnon3230]

@Sober Irish Man lol, your civil war was not over slavery but over federalization. Lincoln freed the slaves so he could get more men to fight his war. Also you don't fight over other countries freedom. You fight over your own interests (mostly oil). So apparently you know nothing about your past or present apart from mass controlling propaganda

[@Stateira_Cyrus]

Persia (Iran) has a great culture, civilization, rich mythology, and history. Persians (Iranians) gave to the world many great scientists, poets, and philosophers. Many things in this world are invented by Persians 1. Sulfuric acid by Rhazes 2. Computation of 2π by Jamshid Kashani, the Persian astronomer, and mathematician. 3. The first practical windmills for the first time in the history of the world were in Iran (Persia). 4. Ethanol by Rhazes 5. A mechanical planetary computer by Jamshid Kashani 6. An ancient type of evaporative cooler and refrigerator 7. Ice Cream 8. Rosewater 9. The art of tile-work was invented and perfected in Iran. 10. The first time that cake was used in a birthday party was by King Darius the Great of Persia. 11. High heel shoes, 12. Qanat, 13. Polo 14. Algebra by Khwarizmi 15. Post system, 16. Fork, spoons and many different invents. There are some Persian words from ancient times in the English language like Paradise, Magic, Bazaar, etc. Rhazes was a Persian polymath, physician, alchemist, philosopher, and important figure in the history of medicine. Rhazes is considered the father of psychology and psychotherapy, the father of pediatrics, a pioneer in ophthalmology, making leading contributions in inorganic and organic chemistry, also the author of several philosophical works, and also first to categorize the Hospital dept as well. Many scholars consider Rhazes one of the greatest medical doctor. Persians in 500 BC, had special knives to serve fruit with and used gold forks and spoons and special gold cups at their dinner tables. The cutlery discovered in Pasargadae in Iran appears to pre-date the Roman cutlery by almost 1000 years. Cyrus the Great wrote the first Human Rights Charter. United Nations even uses the Cyrus Cylinder as a pillar of one the earliest declaration of human rights. The first divinely revealed religion which still exists today is Zoroastrianism. No other religion has influenced other world Religions like Zoroastrianism. In the Persian empire, in Persepolis palace female workers even had paid maternity leave. The Persians were also known for having women take part in high governmental positions such as in Construction, Administration, Politics, etc as evident by the record-keeping clay tablets throughout Persepolis. This is something that would not be seen until at least many centuries after.

[@Stateira_Cyrus]

Persian language is one of the oldest living languages. Persian literature is one of the world's oldest literature. The Persian literature described as one of the great literatures of humanity, and it is one of the four main bodies of world literature. Many great philosophers, poets, and scientists were inspired and influenced by the Persian language and literature. The translation of the Persian language masterpieces like the Divan of Hafez, the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, the Gulistan of Saadi and the Rubaiyat of Khayyam in countries like France, England, Germany, and other European countries astounded the literary circles there Suddenly, the western literary forum faced extraordinary literary works, Saint - Beuve on seeing the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi said: "If we could realize that great works such as the Shahnameh exits in the world, we would not become so much proud of our own works in such a silly manner." Upon knowing Hafez, Goethe wished to be one of his disciples. He said: "O Hafez, your word is as great as eternity for it has no beginning and no end. Your word, as the canopy of Heaven, solely depends on itself. It is all signs, beauty, and excellence". After studying the lyric poems of Hafiz, Nitsche wrote: "O Hafez, you have created a tavern of philosophy greater than any worldly palace. In it, you provided a wine of grace and word beyond the capacity of the world to drink. The highest pinnacle of any mount is but a sign of your greatness and the unfathomable depth of any vortex is just a mark of your perfection, and the excellence of your word."

[@Stateira_Cyrus]

As one of the great literatures of mankind the Persian literature has its roots in surviving works in Old Persian or Middle Persian. French poetess Comtesse de Noaille writes in her book, "The Enchanting Garden": " I read this point in the fragrant, pleasant and sad book the reading of which imparted an enchanting intoxication to me and I now know that an enchanting garden really exists and can be seen by the eyes. It is a garden that extends from the foot of the mountainous area named Saadi to Shiraz in Persia (Iran). O my soul would it be possible for my body to accompany you and fly to this paradise, where the nightingale frenzied with love sings from spring to summer; the tulips blossom; the air becomes fragrant; the evening breeze entrusts the roses to the winds and from atop the aspens, during the fiery summer, the winds twist while panting with burning breath. The town which is all metal, porcelain, and plaster, shines as bright as silver and gold. Every vaulted dome is like a blue fruit and the intertwining arcs are high points that cast their shadows with their enameled tiles and flowery turquoise design on waters below. "

[@Stateira_Cyrus]

The translation of the ghazals of Hafez by Hammer in Germany, translation of Gulistan in France and the Rubaiyat of Khayyam in England by Fitzgerald, also the poems of Shahnameh by Vohl in France created a deep change in European literature. Other countries of Europe also became aware and cognizant of the precedence of Persia and the inspiring breeze of the Persian gardens. They came to know extraordinary men. This influence was so deep that among the highly valuable works of the individuals like Corneille, Racine, Volaire, Madeleine Scudery, Montesquieu and others, the influence is clearly noticed in their works such as Sorena, Rodgun, Khusrow, Mehrdad, and Bayazid and etc. Schlegel, in the preface to his translation of a part of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh into German, writes: To reach the real fountainhead of romanticism and be satiated with it one must travel to Persia. " For centuries, Iran (Persia) has been producing some of the world’s most influential and inspiring poets, whose works revolutionized the literature of both the East and the West. Spanning themes of love, divine mysticism, and human rights, their poetry is an incredible contribution to Persian culture and remains entirely relevant today. Every poet a different path and the Persian language helps this creativity. The Persian language is one of the most poetic, mystic and spiritual language in the world. The great Persian (Iranian) Poets: Khayyam, Ferdowsi, Hafez, Saadi, Attar, etc, are well known in the West and have influenced the literature of many countries. Khayyam was the Great Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet. The Persian calendar is the most accurate calendar of the world and it was made by Khayyam. The Persian calendar became the official national calendar of Iran. The Persian calendar is more accurate than the Gregorian calendar.

[@Stateira_Cyrus]

By the 1880s, Khayyam was extremely well known throughout the English-speaking world, to the extent of the formation of numerous "Khayyam Clubs" and a "fin de siecle cult of the Rubaiyat" Khayyam's poems have been translated into many languages. The asteroid was named "Khayyam" in 1980. The planet 3095 Khayyam was named in his honor in 1980 and the lunar crater Khayyam was named in his honor in 1970 as well. One of the holes in the moon was named in honor of "Khayyam". Shahnameh ( The Epic of Kings ) by Ferdowsi, the Persian (Iranian) poet is the world's longest epic poem created by a single poet and the national epic of Iran ( Persia ). The epic masterpiece itself is a treasure trove of drama and conflict consisting of sixty thousand verses, and paints an exquisitely rich tapestry of Iranian Heroes and Villains and Devils that, ultimately are deeply universal stories which continue to resonate even today, a thousand years later. These tales and characters can be compared to characters and stories in modern entertainment such as Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, and even Star Wars. Ferdowsi spans the history of Persia from mythical times until the Sassanid period in the 7th century, telling the tales of heroic blacksmiths, despotic rulers, and wicked demons who form the currents of good and evil which run throughout human history. Through his complex characters, Ferdowsi demonstrates the capacity for lightness and darkness and for happiness and unhappiness, in every being, encouraging his readers to actively take the side of good.

[@thedstorm8922]

Love Persians from Algeria 🇩🇿❤🇮🇷

[@cynfaelalek-walker7003]

I actually cried from joy when I saw someone actually covered the truth.

[@Rhetticle0821]

You are weak. Most of this is utter garbage. A shame I didn’t find it when uploaded.

[@emanuelb.2559]

really? what a beta

[@tristanlanphere7736]

people actually suprised a film with goblins and supernatural events isn't historically accurate lmao

[@cynfaelalek-walker7003]

@@tristanlanphere7736 i mean, if i made a movie about George Washington fighting the British by using Ghouls and Black magic while owning human-dog hybrid slaves while making every single American revolutionary woman look like they've had their face punched by Mike Tyson you wouldn't be happy either?

[@tristanlanphere7736]

@@cynfaelalek-walker7003 I would be happy, there are so many films demonizing britain already so whatever, it isn't a big deal cos I know the director isn't trying to be realistic they're just trying to create a fun time for the audience

[@sjnm4944]

So it's OK to be an imperialist as long as you're nice?

[@vipondiu]

It's ok to be an imperialist as long as you are not white

[@octagon69]

Yep, ask America or ask Britain. Both the biggest Imperialist powers ever on earth. Is America a bad guy? Maybe, maybe not but it sure as fuck is an imperialist empire.

[@Kai-tn4yx]

Of course. Like the Ottoman Empire in it's early years, or the Mogul Empire.

[@Kai-tn4yx]

+This is new Of course, since non-white Empires usually didn't commit genocide (opposed to most white Empires) - so of course they're better (unless you are pro-genocide?).

[@vipondiu]

obvious troll is so obvious

[@thehermit8723]

So much historical inacuracies my head hurts and i am not talking for the movie.....

[@thehermit8723]

The movie itself is one big inacuracy. The Spartans were not alone, they were with various other Greeks and they choose to stay behind in the end to buy to the rest of the Greek cities time to prepare. The true heroes of the Persian Wars were not the Spartans who sold their fellow Greeks without a thought they were the Athenians. They were the bright example of the ancient world, they did have democracy and liberty, a flawed one sure, but lets give them credit. They were the first ever. It was the Athenians that rallied the rest of the Greeks, it was the Athenians who stood their ground ALONE in the battle of Marathon and in the Naval Battle of Salamis and it was then that they gathered together in the Final Battle of Plateus to give the finishing blow to the Persian invaders. The problem why i say the video is foolish is because it says that the Persians are the good guys, since when the agressive invaders can be considered the good guys? The fact that the Greek Cities had Sparta which was the equivelant of Russia back then does not negate the fact that the Persian Wars was the first Battle between Democracy/Liberty and Theocracy/Authoritarianism and the Greeks were the first to stood their ground and shown the known world that Free states uniting in the name of their Freedom can win against an Empire of slaves and that is important.

[@BrutalBeast666]

But the Greeks were the ones with slaves not Persians. Persians had no slaves. So your "Empire of slaves" thing is kinda weird.

[@thehermit8723]

+BrutalBeast666 Yes they did ( in a way), the Greeks were free men fighting for their Liberty and Right for Freedom, the Persians were fighting under fear of death if they fail by their God-king, a king who you were not supposed to breath on hos presence or else you will polute his air..... A soldier that fights for others interests and not defending his homelnd is a slave of someoe with authority even if he does not realize it.

[@BrutalBeast666]

Ah, you were using a nonstandard interpretation for the word slave, I see.

[@thehermit8723]

+BrutalBeast666 Well back then the terms slave, master, freedom and liberty were a working progress and we can use vague terms about them.

[@jackheels9189]

As persian and a Pro-honesty I sincerely thank you.

[@sorenathegreat]

I'am persian and i'm happy that you said the truth

[@Klerik131]

The Spartans weren't the good guys, but neither were the Persians. Also, you are aware that 300 is the embellished story Dilios is telling to the Spartan army to hype them before battle, right? It's not meant to be taken as a historical documentary.

[@marinah6424]

True

[@redrath2]

Yes. This so much this.

[@ankitsuren8943]

While you're absolutely correct, it just so happens that many people do consider 300 to be historically accurate, cause racial bias.

[@umichrudy]

No, not because of racial bias. People diefy the Spartans because they were a famous and revered part of Greek/Western Civilization. Yes, history gets twisted over thousands of years, but it has NOTHING to do with the color of their skin. Get over the racism stuff, it's so much less relevant than you seem to think.

[@dick3234]

racial bias? the greeks are hairy greaseballs. Have you ever met one?

[@relentlessenterprises9238]

You mean to tell me.. movies aren't accurate?!?? 😱

[@shahabtirandaz6410]

RelentLess Enterprises what did u think which is real come on

[@user-2927]

shahab tirandaz r/whoosh

[@red_lotus.]

Face the real world

[@Tenhr]

This movie is biggest lie that will be told to you

[@husein881]

@@Tenhr but all of the idiots believe in them. ...and there's a lot of idiots in this world.

[@Pipes570]

Women were also permitted to do things such as join the military in Persia. Female Persian soldiers were a part of the caste that made up the Amazons, but "Amazons" also included female Scythian and Sarmatian warriors.

[@WitcherGerd]

I’m surprised they let nomad women into their army when it was a steppe tribe that killed Cyprus the great

[@Pipes570]

@@WitcherGerd that logic wouldn’t win very many wars. Nations rose up twice to fight Germany in the two World Wars, now Germany is allies with NATO and has fought beside NATO countries in conflicts such as Afghanistan.

[@salR2401]

@@WitcherGerd that's just one of the theories about his death, not a fact. a very unpopular one so far according to historians.

[@hisholiness4537]

@@WitcherGerd That's one of the three theories.

[@cameronhezarkhani4955]

@@WitcherGerd yup and i get bashed buy women saying "men have done nothing but slaving us" i be like look at persia

[@goealshafay425]

" never take the movies seriously "

[@nguyenhoanglong420]

Da :D

[@user-ms9tp9zu3q]

Specially Hollywood!!!

[@lo-fiaesthetic5382]

@@tiffanywilliams6040 that still doesn't give them the right to disrespect other people's culture

[@amirsh9699]

You should take movies like this seriously, because it make people think iran was badguy, and when they think like that, They think that it is badguy now

[@alikhalid349]

I was in Greece and a Greek waitress tried to convince me that Greece was once great and her point of reference was this movie. Lmao

[@DarthGreek]

greece was once indeed great and influenced all of the western (the now most civilized part of earth) world. The fact that the waitress wa stupid doenst change this fact. the movie is horrendusly inaccurate.

[@alikhalid349]

@@DarthGreek yes, indeed you are right in saying that people aren't going to places like Pakistan or Iran today. What you failed to realise is that Pakistan and Iran were places that the EUROPEANS came to, stole from, pillaged and raped in, destroyed and enslaved from. Modern day Pakistan sprung out of the then called BRITISH INDIAN RAJ. SO MAYBE, had the British not come and STOLEN THEIR RESOURCES (diamonds and minerals, crops, spices, fossil fuels etc) or had the west not tried to meddle with IRAN BY IMPOSING A CIA coupe d'etat on its regime, then they wouldn't have to force OTHER COUNTRIES to CEASE trading with Iran, because Iran refuses to sell its oil for DOLLAR CURRENCY. How do you think the west is the best? Through plonkers like you? No. Its through continuous meddling and stealing from the third world. Stop stealing and they'll stop coming. Simple as. Fucking thieving, murdering, ignorant, arrogant, backward swine coloured swine eating sheep shagger.

[@justinian-the-great]

You'll found....not so enlightened people everywhere!

[@ajx9747]

@@DarthGreek ancient Greece is a joke compared to middle Kingdom

[@TheFreshestLyrics]

Don't get upset Ali, it's not your fault your not white.

[@SR-tx3dj]

"Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it"

[@MichaelLee-tt7gm]

"Those who ignore history are doomed to get their nuts cut." (the paraphrase is not mine)

[@fatherpucci8170]

im persian / Iranian why everyone hate us

[@MichaelLee-tt7gm]

@@fatherpucci8170 My best friend is Persian. Not everyone.

[@fatherpucci8170]

Milky Joe what is ZOG ? Or Who is ?

[@topanlazuardi9251]

@Milky Joe do you know what zionist is?

[@peterbecerra4243]

Thank you for your help to clear this topic 🙂 from Iran ☮️🇮🇷

[@maheshrathod5593]

"Eran"=aryan. Namaste from India (aryavat)

[@samuraijosh1595]

​​@@maheshrathod5593 average Pajeet fantasies

[@AverageAlien]

That moment when Greek propaganda lasts over 2000 years

[@thanospv6681]

Greek propaganda? Do you base history off of american movies lol?

[@AverageAlien]

@@thanospv6681 I don't understand your comment. No? I don't base my history off of American movies, I'm commenting on how amusing it is that 2000 years later we're still making movies on Greek propaganda.

[@thanospv6681]

@@AverageAlien sry i got it wrong then. My question is what greek propaganda?

[@AverageAlien]

@@thanospv6681 The entire 300 story

[@thanospv6681]

@@AverageAlien cause its based on a novel, an american propaganda

[@babakhammer5963]

You my friend deserve a million likes! But I can only give you one.

[@amirhb7531]

One by one we will get there

Wow, really good video, thanks for it!

[@perseuns4896]

Persians almost single handedly invented the modern world if you know your history.

[@barebear5428]

@05candyman Also they singly handedly sorta went back in time, and not in a good way

[@watsonnata9604]

Yeah their founder Cyrus the Great proclaimed First Human rights in 539 bce abolishing slavery,proclaiming religious tolerance,freedom to practice you own tradition and culture,satrap system is similar to USA state governorship. The achiemenedes were great people its just that the greeks were hypocrites

[@TheSP33DFREAK]

And look at where Iran is now. It's a shithole.

[@thezeitos469]

@@TheSP33DFREAK shit happens. Stuff like that can and will happen and in fact probably already has happened in every place/country/nation of the world. Things get better, things get worse, things change

[@TheSP33DFREAK]

@@thezeitos469 Radical Islam pretty much destroyed all of the middle East. It used to be a very "western" place with the freedoms that everyone comes to expect these days.

[@logic5168]

Thank you very much, I didn't know about this, how the Persian Empire influenced western civilization and also the world's civilization. History shouldn't be romanticized it should be told as it was without bias.

[@CyrusPersia-wv7zo]

❤

[@CyGea]

"Built that empire without slaves", calling bullshit. Labeling them "long-term POWs" doesn't make them any less of a slave.

[@kingjamestres]

He said that because of course there were exceptions even the mongols had there moments but there society's were largely free(for the ancient world).

[@kavian9620]

If you are payed for what you do and are not just someones expandable property, then yes, it does make you less of slave, and that's exactly what happened in Persia.

[@AmanShah187]

They struck a balance, Persian cities with Zoroastrian leaders were very egalitarian and Cyrus was called a messiah in the Bible because he did release captured peoples such as Jews along with countless others. But they allowed the forebearers of Christianity to build their temple in Jerusalem and practice freely and that religion allowed for slave trade, they did not want to kill and oppress of forcefully convert the people of Jesus who believed in slavery so they struck that balance hoping to lead by example not with a whip. It is why Persian kings prized the title of Gardener above all else and wanted to be measured by the beauty of their garden and what they cultivated rather than what they killed or destroyed.

[@-Big_Big]

prisoners are not slaves....ok...well... huh... they kinda are.. now that i think about it..

[@AmanShah187]

Killaim this guy is speaking from assumption not off of something he has read.

[@adimazga]

And thats why my friends ... I never watched 300.

[@neginnil2251]

Adrian Echim 👌🏽👌🏽

[@aliasgari2648]

U didnt lose anything. It was not an even well visual graphic movie

[@z..a9562]

Me too. That was like an insult to my intelligence

[@whatever2575]

thank you my sir

[@Letnistonwandif]

@@aliasgari2648 What do you mean? It was so freaking epic.

[@suren2313]

This is PARSA!

[@dyanpoot7844]

Parsa in persian means someone honest and clear of sins . How About Persia instead ?

[@Cassandane_Cyrus_Persia_Iran]

@@dyanpoot7844 Parsa=Persia

[@dyanpoot7844]

@@Cassandane_Cyrus_Persia_Iran i believe what you're referring to is《 Pars 》, Pars was a persian trible who's conquered lands shaled 《 Persia 》 . Again parsa is a name in persian language and means clear of sins . I don't know why you said that but i ask you please don't spread incorrect information especially if it's about something that's important for you .

[@dyanpoot7844]

It was " Pars " not " Parsa "

[@dyanpoot7844]

@@unknownsilence7834 yes sir , they were the persian empire aka pars . It's not that hard you know

[@majorkiller3314]

Thank you, someone gets it finally with proof

[@gamer65688]

Did some one say...Jerusalem? *deus vult*

[@worthlessclericbuild3866]

DEUS VULT

[@bradgillian6384]

Dinglyberry and Angry Enclave Soldier The infidels are attacking! Get Saladin. We need to whoop their (sweet-iron-clad-armor-lookin) asses again

[@The_Gallowglass]

DEVS VVLT

[@carlosgambettaucanimados]

Paying taxes to a dictator is somehow acceptable according to this video. John Adams is crying in heaven.

[@zzaanndd2106]

Ancient time, ancient criteria

[@carsonreddick3452]

And the Spartans literally murdering children is just fine and dandy with you is it?

[@somecooney5304]

Isn't it the Spartan's....right to choose?

[@vasconcelossentimento]

not sistematically...

[@haniehtavakoli6323]

thanks for making this video

[@aminahmadi77]

Nice job , that's what happens when the conqueror write the history.

[@kian6787]

The Persian Empire is not like any other empire. It is unique because they did it all without slaves. Spartans should be the bad guys in 300 considering most of the people had slaves unlike the Persians.

[@TheWeepingDalek]

they would except for 1 thing. they won. the persians never succeeded in invading greece. yes, the lost the battle but lost the war.

[@kian6787]

Koba it’s still bad because greeks had slaves and Persians didn’t. The Persians put much more effort into their empire than the Greeks. Alexander’s Empire lasted 10 years while the Persian Empire lasted way longer than Alexander’s Empire.

[@98zei]

what's that on darius' inscriptions then?

[@saeedvazirian]

@@kian6787 220 years to be specific. Also, it's debatable whether Alexander ever had an empire. He couldn't hold a damn city.

[@kian6787]

98勢 what inscriptions?

[@t850terminator]

To be honest, the only good guys are actually the NCR and the Tunnel Snakes.

[@ramentaco9179]

David Chang The tunnel snakes were assholes, but the NCR were heroes compared to the rest of the wasteland

[@Huanito99]

The NCR are a bunch of imperialist assholes. They take what they want, exploit people and their resources, and don't give a shit about people from regions outside of their main regions.

[@ramentaco9179]

Poludeli Gušter I said COMPARED, idiot. They don't eat people, murder for sport, dehumanize, or trap people in neverending virtual realities of torture. They stand for democracy and law, and they force it upon others, but at least they stand for something NOT evil.

[@AmanShah187]

Wot bout dat GREAT KHAN life?

[@HalstenSnowborn]

TUNNEL SNAKES RULE!

[@nilssonharrison]

The film 300 is subjective. It's told by a Spartan.

[@akimmel6941]

I thought, "No way you are going to convince me!" I was wrong. Nice one!

[@willmatthews7557]

Loved this. The Persian Empire is one of my favourite ancient civilizations!

[@adarkskinnednigga6669]

your comment ain´t go good with your name

[@tank2003]

Damn near every country on the planet at one time had slaves. If we thought with Your point of view, then all germans are still NAZIs

[@willmatthews7557]

Yes, that's an unfortunate fact about world history, and something that we're still living with, though in different iterations of the same system. Heck, I'm an Anglophile, but that doesn't mean I approve of the building blocks of the empire! You do have to respect, however, the organisation of the Persians. They were even one of the first world empires to have a postal service! Pretty cool, if you ask me. And if you haven't listened to it, I highly recommend Dan Carlin's series on Persia, Kings of Kings. Just about as satisfying a novel! (However he is NOT a historian, so take what he says with a grain of salt!)

[@youknow8653]

@@willmatthews7557shut up filthy westerner

[@MaveriKat]

This feels like it should have been the script for an episode of, "Adam Ruins Everything". In this case, the film 300.

[@manospondylus4896]

MaveriKat I think Zack Snyder already did that

[@MrAlman8]

That's basically what Cracked is in a nutshell.

[@balduran.]

that would require backing up his bullshit with evidence to give it credibility, like saying persian empire was build without slaves...

[@fery2835]

READ SOME BOOKS YOU IDIOT

[@saeedvazirian]

@@balduran. it wasn't.

[@angelshadowofficial9218]

That was accurate, entertaining, and easily understandable! 🔥🔥🔥

[@chadstream_sam1888]

Persia just wanted revenge because of the revolts of greeks

[@rpd6874]

not exactly my Baradar (brother in Persian) Greece started a rebellion that lasted years to put out and it destroyed the peace of the empire and many many more, such attack couldn't go unanswered what would any other country do. see we Persian value lives very seriously(at least the PEOPLE of Iran do) and the death toll of the greeks in Persian was huge and they were still seen as Persian because they were one of us, so there needed to be punishment.

[@ct-gt2dt]

@@rpd6874 lol so you completely agree with him? hilarious.

[@rpd6874]

@@ct-gt2dt to some degree, yes but it wasn't that simple.

[@ds-lr5gx]

And why did Persians conquered the Greeks of Asia minor in the first place?

[@cokelover-nb1qz]

@@ds-lr5gx the king of lydia (those greeks) were worried about the persians as they had just destroyed the median empire so the lydians decided to go to war with the persians then got crushed and conquered.

[@GMPranav]

All hail Prince of Persia

[@mksabourinable]

"History is a set of lies agreed upon." Napoleon Bonaparte

[@MichaelLee-tt7gm]

Right after the Spartans threw the two Persian messengers down the well, they realized that they had committed a major sacrilege, and immediately sent two Spartiates to Xerxes in Persia, offering to let Xerxes execute them. That part is as "historical" as the rest of the account, but naturally never made it into Miller's novel or Snyder's film.

[@asgharmadandar3469]

seriously ? interesting, I have never heard of it before, may I know where you read this?

[@MichaelLee-tt7gm]

@@asgharmadandar3469 It was referenced by Myke Cole in "The Bronze Lie", but the original quote is from Herodotus's Histories, Book VII, Chapter 134, according to the Wikipedia article titled "Earth and water."

[@asgharmadandar3469]

@@MichaelLee-tt7gm thanks👍

[@zmmz1238]

Yes and as the Persians did time and time again, Xerxes forgave them and sent them back to Sparta loaded with gifts.

[@zmmz1238]

@@asgharmadandar3469I’m submitting two of my articles in the comments to. I hope you’ll find them informative.

[@naserimahshid9]

Thanks for doing this video and clear everything ❤❤❤❤

[@luqmanalsa1340]

History lesson delivered so beautifully, bravo!

[@Inception1338]

That was "in your face" - keep up the great work!

[@Inception1338]

Nick could you be more specific?

[@VladTevez]

+Inception1338 The video is full of lies and sciolism. It legalizes the notion that an empire can conquer other peoples. It completely overrides the Ionian revolt. It states that modern FYROM has relations with ancient Macedonia. It states that the Persian empire was devoid of slaves. Every primary source, Greek and Persian, proves the opposite.

[@Inception1338]

Of course it's full of sciolism. What exactly did you expect ? This clip is rather about getting a more realistic shape of the battle between persia and greece. And that he presented so far is in my view more realstic than the film. About the background of actual history: Before proper study I'd be very careful with believing anything.

[@VladTevez]

Inception1338 The movie is mostly based on a comic, not the primary sources. As you said, this video is sciolism and shapes a misquided image of those events, as Persia of that time was an absolute monarchy with slaves, literal slaves and subjects and greek city-states had also slaves (every ancient culture considered them essential for economy), but were governed by the Rule of Law and their (free) citizens... The pinacle of lies is the depiction of modern FYROM as related with ancient Macedonia

[@Inception1338]

Dude he is making a video for clicks it's not a deception it's not a conspiracy. And I am pretty sure as you know stuff much better he will be eager to learn. So why fighting it instead of writing him?

[@kkc9213]

Please keep this going. It's funny af

[@adityashankar7058]

Persians are the secularist and peace loving people on the earth

[@azimaysraf4184]

Hollywood full of lies

[@Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos]

Yes but this movie doesn't count. Edit: because the movie was based of a Graphic novel, not history, what idiot would believe Xerxes was a gay golden man, or elephants and Monsters in thermopoly. Edit 2: but I do hope we get another historical Movie of the 300 like the 1960s the 300 Spartans (but better) or perhaps the battle of Pletea

[@thevoicej2511]

Yeah, it’s not meant to be taken as historically accurate whatsoever.

[@Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos]

@Stateira Ardeshiri idk did Frank Miller made a "300 American freedom" You do realize this movie is "Fictional" that was based off a comic, frank Miller never said 300 was based on actual history.

[@Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos]

The Fact that Crank used this as A reference shows how gullible people are with fictional movie.

[@Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos]

@Stateira Ardeshiri I already know what you persians look like, I even know the glorious civilization of the Persian empire, from Books, they were also described as "Aryans" Plus these monsters, are fictional, that's not how we American see you people, Frank Miller said this movie is Fictional.

[@fugyfruit]

300 is more of a legend turned movie than a documentary about a historical event

[@yousefzayabi37]

It's like in 2500 years , a greedy guy make a "legend turned movie" about the big bad angry mustache man in world war 2 and turn his rotten and disgusting ideas comically interesting and completely the other way around. Insulting a national figure or a nationality is never understandable, period.

[@thee.aether]

great video!

[@mohsenizadifar7281]

Totaly true abt history..

[@mezza001]

Cool and insightful. Really engaging, fun and educational. Thank you!! (P.s. Loved the head gear!)

[@user-wu7ug4ly3v]

12k people dislike history.

[@parsa2913]

@Mttslbr they were better than greeks tho

[@scootch4224]

@@parsa2913 Greece won the Greco-Persian war and at the time the Persian empire was the most powerful empire in the world.

[@dandaddavi]

@Mttslbr Please teach us more oh great KZbin comment section expert. 🤣

[@ofthahenny]

12,001k now

[@Konstantinos1404]

@@parsa2913 If the greeks didnt win this one war, today the world would be totally different. And they were in no way better than the Greeks in terms of culture and ideas.

[@cavemancult1999]

God I love this video lmao.

[@lisalise1622]

Great video!

[@travietrav9047]

Last time I was this early the Persian empire was still around

[@ulisesdelaluz7063]

11k Greeks disliked this

[@andymansand8719]

hahahhahahhhahaha

[@lavia5521]

@jamit the knight Hollywood makes entertainment. If you want history go watch a documentary.

[@user-hm3mh6bv2b]

As a greek who actually knows history, persians indeed did not have slaves and were pretty decent guys. The rest are misconceptions caused from sloppynes. Alexander didnt copy the system from the Persians but he did have a tolerance policy. He wasnt the guy that spread any civilization, his successors the Hellenistic kimgdoms did, and they were a greek cored( due to their elite classes being greek soldiers and generals) mix of the greatest civs of the time. That sparkled the Hellenistic period which Indeed was a prosperous time for the Mediterranean. Those kingdoms fought each others and then romans came. Also roman empire existed till the ottoman empire conquered Constantinople now known as instanbul, and that fall lead many scholars to italy along with a huge amount of books from abbeys and monasteries (that and crusaders actually taking them). And then great scholars from italy studied and built upon those scripts. It is not random the fact that in renaissance Aristotle was called The Philosopher.

[@john-senpai3689]

That is true because Greeks actually learn about this shit at school and we all know that all the things he just said are far from the truth. Always do your research before healing some guy on the internet

[@Peacecraft117]

I think it’s actually the western grown up babies who are obsessed with this movie and confuse fiction with fact

[@alexparsa7765]

Thank you for making this video.

[@MichaelLee-tt7gm]

Gorgo's line in the opening minutes of "Rise of an Empire", "The Persian King Darius, annoyed by the notion of Greek freedom..." provoked a massive eye roll from me. It's an echo of George W. Bush's ultra-simplistic "they hate us for our freedoms," which makes for an irony utterly lost on the filmmakers and most of the audience: that Darius invaded Greece for much the same reason that Bush invaded Afghanistan - to wit, to punish the home supporters (Athens and the Taliban) of an insurgent group (the Ionian rebels and Al-Qaeda) who had committed a terrorist act on his native soil.

[@thatchannel195]

Don't compare us to crazy jihadists...

[@Ottmar555]

@@thatchannel195 At least jihadists don't support 70% of the world dictatorships and finance their genocides.

[@Zodroo_Tint]

A guy who told me first to watch this movie said it is real history. :)

[@MichaelLee-tt7gm]

@@Zodroo_Tint And he's an authority because...?

[@insight1428]

So? You’re at war, of course you’re going to stretch the truth or say whatever you have to say in order to win. Her saying that would have been completely accurate. Did you honestly expect something like “yea we are being invaded but honestly they don’t seem all that bad and are probably good people, we just need to get to know them”:

[@rst2775]

the persians are the ones that attacted greece first, the Greeks were just fighting back,why are they the "bad guys" ?

[@brandonmatthews4934]

Martin Vargic Greeks wasn't consider white until 1960's lol stop it. Plus Greece was the first interracial society.

[@mitzavor8468]

Brandon Matthews they're white when they do something bad and poc when they do something good

[@sepantamino3938]

r st it was the greece who attacked and burn "lydia" (one of persian state) first . they just came for the revenge attack !

[@cherrypickers404]

Brandon, get your head out of your ass. Whites aren't "ruling" anymore. Today's first-world is run by people of all colors. Want me to direct you to organizations run by non-whites who are doing that shit? Perhaps we should talk about human rights in many non-white countries? Thought so.

[@brandonmatthews4934]

Cherry Pickers Wait.... Huh you never pointed out any organizations. I'm waiting on you to show me you're receipts proving that statement. Before I show you mine.

[@dks80721]

THIS IS PERSIA!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sasanghaffari9424]

I can't thank you enough for this video! you are a free man :)

[@rafaelarianto2638]

My whole life has been a lie!!!!😱

[@priceofiron6900]

@@persianimmortal4478 That grammar made me braindead

[@aryanwitheredone]

Hollywood is a lie constructor dude

[@javidvatan3382]

Believe the fanatics of lies

[@PeterSodhi]

This is surprisingly outstanding. Astonishingly good.

[@imperatorvictix.444]

The Spartans are over rated. They didnt even fight the Roman Legions when they took Greece.

[@Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos]

Because they slowly fade after the peloponnesian war.

[@samng3922]

You are VERY WRONG!!!

[@idenix7978]

@@brentherman7393 so much truth in just 1 comment

[@immortal6453]

Exactly my friend ...they were not even "the super soldiers" they were belived to be ...just fucking propaganda because 300 of their soldiers and a king decided to stay at thermopilae WITH 7000 GREEK ALLIES but somehow the 300 spartans got the credit ....so all the rumours about sparta are ...fake ..killing the deformed babies? Every fucking city or tribe around the world did that...their training was more of a tactician or strategist rather than a inhumane regime...so their soldiers were smarter not stronger.... there was a guy from rome i belive that went to sparta and started wondering and writing his observations down ....the athenians were more warlike than the spartans

[@Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos]

@@immortal6453 but it isn't a rumor is it? Everyone knows Spartans lost more battles then they won, and yes finally someone brought this up. 7,000 Greeks fought along side the 300. Also on the third day the spartan king commanded the 7,000 to return to their home. Because he know, despite their effort they're lose the Themopolyie, so it was the Spartan, and the Korinthians who face the persians alone. Plus the Spartan Hoplite were actually the best warrior in ancient Greece, like the persians Immortals.

[@sohailkhaleegh9180]

Thanks

[@meysam1380]

Dislikes are from Angry Spartans