I want an uniform.
Done.
You will find
that I am kind.
Unlike the cruel Leonidas
that demanded that you stand,
I require only that you kneel.
Beautiful night.
Yes, but I did not ask you here
for small talk, Theron.
I'm assured of that.
You've never spared
words with me.
Can I offer you something ?
A drink perhaps ?
Is it poison ?
Sorry to disappoint you,
it's only water.
I'm told it's been arranged
for you to go before the council.
Yes.
I need your help
in winning votes to send
the army north to our king.
Yes.
I can see the two of us
standing together.
Me, politician, thou, warrior.
Our voices as one.
But why would I want
to do that ?
It proves you care
for a king
who, right now, fights
for the very water we drink.
True.
But this is politics,
not war.
- Leonidas is an idealist.
- I know your kind too well.
You send men to slaughter
for your own gain.
Your husband, our king, has taken
300 of our finest to slaughter.
He's broken our laws and left
without the council's consent.
- I'm simply a realist.
- You're an opportunist.
You're as foolish as Leonidas
if you think men
don't have a price in this world.
All men are not created equal.
That's the Spartan code, my little queen.
I admire your passion.
But don't think that you,
a woman, even a queen,
can walk into the council's chamber
and sway the minds of men.
I own that chamber.
As if it were built
with these hands.
I could crush the life
out of you right now.
You will go before the council
but your words will fall in deaf ears.
Leonidas will receive
no reinforcements,
and if he returns, without my help,
he would go to jail or worse.
- Do you love your Sparta ?
- Yes.
- And your king ?
- I do.
Your husband fights
for his land,
and his love.
What do you have to offer ?
In return for my word that
I'll help you send our army north.
What does a realist
want from his queen ?
I think you know.
This will not be over quickly.
You will not enjoy this.
I am not your king.
Dilios !
I trust that scracth
hasn't made you useless.
Hardly, my lord.
It's just an eye.
The gods saw fit
to grace me with a spare.
And the captain ?
Curses the gods
and mourns alone.
Leonidas !!
We are undone.
Undone I tell you.
- Destroyed.
- Daxos, calm yourself !
A hunchback traitor has led
Xerxes' Immortals
to the hidden goat path
behind us.
The Phocians you posted there
were scattered without a fight.
This battle is over, Leonidas !
This battle is over
when I say it is over !
By morning, the Immortals
will surround us.
The Hot Gates will fall.
Spartans !
Prepare for glory !
Glory ?
Have you gone mad ?
There is no glory to be had now.
Only retreat or surrender
or death.
That is an easy choice for us,
Arcadian.
Spartans never retreat.
Spartans never surrender.
Go. Spread the word.
Let every Greek assembled
know the truth of this.
Let each amongst them
search his own soul.
And while you're at it,
search your own.
My men will leave with me.
Godspeed, Leonidas.
Children ! Children !
Gather round.
No retreat.
No surrender.
That is Spartan law.
And by Spartan law,
we will stand and fight.
And die.
A new age has begun.
An age of freedom.
And all will know that
three hundred Spartans
gave their last breath
to defend it !
My friend.
I have lived my entire life
without regret until now.
It's not that my son gave up
his life for his country.
It's just that I never told him
I loved him the most.
That he stood by me
with honor.
That he was all that
was best in me.
My heart is broken
for your loss.
Heart ?
I have filled my heart
with hate.
Good.
Dilios !
Let's take a walk.
Yes, my lord.
But, sire, I'm fit.
I'm ready for battle.
That you are
one of the finest.
But you have another talent
unlike any other Spartan.
You will deliver
my final orders to the council
with force and verve.
Tell them my story.
Make every Greek know
what happened here.
You'll have