Thermopylae Revisited - Kolonos Hill and the 300 Spartans (11) - The Review

I can tell how much you love history and as someone who also loves history I am extremely jealous. I can’t only imagine the energy and history permeating from that battlefield field. This video really touches the soul.

Great video, never heard it explained such vivid detail with geography. I feel like watching 300 now.

Great to see a Person where is Interest in the Hellenic History. Thank you keep doing. If you want see my Hoplite video at Thermopyle and Athens

This was absolutely fascinating and I do appreciate your videos. I've watched all 11 on Thermopylae and am touched by your dedication. I've been a lover of Greek myths and history since aged 13. I'm now 54. So your videos were very helpful as a guide and I plan to visit someday soon. Maybe this September before the world goes to bits in a another world war. Cheers!

so grateful for your videos here. So well done, interesting and thorough. Hopefully I'll get to this site myself - to FEEL for myself the incredible drama that took place there...

Brilliant. Can see why the Persians had a tough time. Great planning by the Greeks. Would have liked to see more of Kolonos hill. Great vid all the same.🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I appreciate people who travel with a higher purpose,thank for the footwork I couldn't undertake.

Hi, thanks for this video. I went there this year, amazing place. When you touch and smell the sand and earth, you can imagine all the epic battles that took place there. I will go back there with my son and father next year, both are in love with Greek history too. Best regards.

Spectacular demonstration. Thank you so much!

Thank you for posting and for all your dedicated research.

This is super interesting. Thx for breaking this down. Well done 👍🏻

A lot of casualties for such a small space, bodies must have been piled up.

Great debriefing! I found it particularly valuable in differentiating the Anopaia Path from other tracks in the vicinity. Re the first gate and the location of the Persian camp: based on the information board, the south-western corner of the camp is at the entrance to the Asopos River gorge. Taking Leonidas' memorial (the statute) as a reference point that makes it 8kms (as the crow flies) from the memorial to the entrance of the gorge (based on Google Earth). I had originally believed that the Persian camp was much further east (towards Leonidas). There is a river course with a gully or reentrant (?) close to the hot springs facility but Google Earth shows that this is not the Asopos Gorge. Perhaps that is where the confusion arises. If that surmise is correct, then the first gate might be as much as 3km westward of the Leonidas monument, and positioned at the entrance to the pass. None of that makes any difference to the location of the battle, but it is interesting that the Persian camp is much further from the battlefield than I initially assumed. The more distant location makes sense given the size of the invasion force and its needs. Thank you for your review which has been very helpful indeed. I had no idea the battle took place in such an impressive location. One day, perhaps that location and the men who fought there will be commemorated in a film that is worthy of them both. Too bad Dimitri Tiompkin is no longer with us to compose the music for it. Thanks again.

Thanks for the video. Very helpful and informative.

Helpful. Thanks for posting!

Great explanation, thank you

Has anyone ever walked the path the Persians took to encircle the Spartans and their allies? I wonder if a metal detector would pick up anything.

Great video thank you for doing that. Absolutely sickening that they’re just destroying that area. When it should be nothing but preserved and protected

I am going to Thermopylae tomorrow. Thanks for the video.

Great video. I love Thermopylae and the history of the battle. Where I live in California there is a very narrow section of flat ground bookended by ocean and mountains. Every day I drive this section I think of Thermopylae. I must visit the real place some day.