The depiction of combat tactics and technology, battlefields, and characters serves to lend credibility to the film as a depiction of the battle, as they correspond mainly to the accounts of Herodotus and Diodorus. , as well as several other sources. Although there are elements in the film that were not found in the documents, this does not take away from the fact that it represents the reality of the battle. The film shows that the fighters were people too, not just pawns in a war. They had feelings, families, and fought for something they believed in. Although the defenders of Thermopylae were ultimately defeated, it was their courage and belief in self-sacrifice rather than strength and metal that saved all of Greece. This depiction of the Battle of Thermopylae creates an action-packed film, but it also tells the story of real people who stood up to the annihilation of their way of life in order to show the true realities of