Frank Miller prepping "sequel" (different greek story) to 300

[Kazgrim]

Miller should be in talks with Christopher Nolan if he isn't already. Come on, the movie is called Batman: The Dark Knight and has the 3 best actors in the world already in it (Bale, Oldman, Freeman).

[fanaskin]

Originally Posted by Kaldon Grimblade

Probably Xenophon's Anabasis or "March of the Ten Thousand" as it is better known. I can't believe this story hasn't been turned into a movie yet.

kinda did watch "the warriors"

[Celebrindal]

I missed that post about Xenophon, but the same Author who wrote "The Last King", which I posted above, wrote a story called The Ten Thousand, which is about Xenophon.

Another great book of his is about Atilla. I keep tellin' you all, read his stuff.

[Frax]

Originally Posted by Valishar

Romans didn't use a Phalanx formation (usually).

The use of the greek phalanx was, indeed, a long dead concept by the time Julius Caesar was around. It only appeared similar because armies of the time were still mostly foot soldiers marching in ranks bearing shields, in combat the professional roman army was more flexible on the battle field, with multiple cohorts of a larger size than would have been possible to maintain a solid phalanx wall.

If you like military history stuff, the history of the roman army over the centuries is one of the most fascinating things you can read about.