Our own NS Gill has been to see the bloodfest and has several salient comments to make on the new movie about the battle between the Persian king Xerxes and the Spartan king Leonidas:

• Comments on 300
• Spartan Agoge, Kings, and 300, a bit on the history
• Countries Over Which Xerxes Ruled
• 300 Movie Review, from Rebecca Murray, About's guide to movies

More commentary beyond About:

• Outlining some of the hypocrisies of the Islamic Republic's critiques of the movie 300, Kambiz Kamrani on Anthropology.net