Lego 300: The First Battle

2494 years in the making. The first battle scene from the movie 300, featuring the Battle of Thermopylae. This video includes 20-frames-per-second fluid stop motion filming and new Spartans. In 480 B.C.E., a massive army of over 100,000 men under Persian king Xerxes marched into Greece. Their goal: conquest. A rare unified Greece mustered an army of 7,000 men under Spartan king Leonidas and his 300-man bodyguard of fierce Spartan warriors. This army camped in Thermopylae Pass, a narrow path into central Greece that would not Xerxes to bring his overwhelming numbers to bear... All audio used in this video is the property of its respective owners. This video is not for profit.