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They are facing a force of thousands of ships, against which their own fleet pales in comparison. ThemistoclesвЂ™ inadequate navy therefore bravely confronts the Persians day after day while Leonidas holds out at Thermopylae. In the movie: SpartaвЂ™s queen refuses to send its fleet to join the united navy.

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He gave her a full set of Greek armour as reward for her cowardice. Artemesia is said to have survived by smashing through one of the PersiansвЂ™ own ships вЂ“ though, apparently, nobody told Xerxes. She didnвЂ™t die at Salamis вЂ“ a battle she told Xerxes they shouldnвЂ™t fight, not the other way around. Far from commanding the entire fleet, though, Artemesia brought perhaps as little as five ships to join the Persian armada вЂ“ according to Herodotus. Artemesia was but one of them, albeit the only female. The Persians had not much of a navy of their own, so they drew upon the fleets of all the subordinate kings of their empire. In truth: Little is known about her, but Artemesia was most definitely not a captured slave who worked her way up the ladder after getting a lucky break. She dies with a blade thrust through her stomach by, guess who? Themistocles. Defying XerxesвЂ™ orders to be cautious, she takes the fleet into Salamis, nearly smashes ThemistoclesвЂ™ fleet (after trying to sleep with him, of course), and then watches the Persian navy meet its doom at the hands of Sparta and the resurgent Greeks coming to the rescue. She leads the fleet in the Greek campaign. Soon she becomes Darius and XerxesвЂ™ most trusted commander. She develops her skills at the Persian court after one of DariusвЂ™ emissaries saves her. In the movie: Artemesia cultivates a hatred of the Greeks after her family is slaughtered by hoplites and she is whored by them until well into her teens. Artemesia Eva Green plays the most Persian of femme fatales, a bloodthirsty, slave-driving, double-bladed, vengeful, curse of a woman. Sadly, the brave cavalry charge over and under the roiling waters of Salamis is no so much a fiction as it is a wet dream. However, once again, he did not kill Artemesia as вЂњRise of an EmpireвЂќ tells us. He led the fleet brilliantly into battle at Salamis and elsewhere during the Persian Wars. He also was the founder of the Athenian navy, securing the construction of hundreds of ships in a remarkably short span of time. Themistocles was no doubt instrumental in forming the league of Greek city-states that went to battle at Salamis. Defeat at Marathon, of course, changed that. The Greek cities were too small a prize at the time for the king himself to deal with.

Themistocles played no part in killing Darius вЂ“ because neither Darius nor his son Xerxes were anywhere near Marathon at the time.

That title went to Miltiades, a dethroned tyrant whom the Athenians entrusted to defeat the Persians. In truth: Themistocles was one of the subordinate generals leading the Athenian army at Marathon. At the Battle of Salamis he smashes the Persian fleet and slays Artemesia, the enemy commander. Themistocles leads the charge to unite Greece in order to face the Persian threat. He even shoots the arrow that fells the king of Persia himself. In the movie: Themistocles led the Athenians into battle at Marathon ten years earlier, leading a surprise attack on the disembarking Persian forces of King Darius вЂ“ XerxesвЂ™ father. Characters Themistocles вЂњRise of an EmpireвЂ™sвЂќ replacement for Leonidas is one of the mocked вЂњboy-loverвЂќ Athenians, Themistocles. Bearing that in mind, how does вЂњRise of an EmpireвЂќ stack up to 300 when it comes to real history? LetвЂ™s take it step by step. But the salient points of the last stand at Thermopylae were entirely accurate вЂ“ Ephialtes may not have been a hunchback, but he sure as hell betrayed the Greeks, so much so that his name became a synonym for вЂњnightmareвЂќ. What set apart the first 300 movie was its manipulation of historical events to create a box office spectacle of the grandest kind. The sequel to 300 lives up to its predecessorвЂ™s reputation, with more than enough blood, gore and sex to sooth the most fervent of fans.

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