300: lessons in strategy from the movie
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Prasanth Narayanan
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Sparta
• Defenders of Hellenism
• Two kings at ruling at one time
• Military state
• City devoted to military training
• Equal rights for men and women
• Supposedly boring people
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Spartan Military Life
• “With this, or upon this”
• Everybody starts off with training at age 7 until 30
• Severe test of grit and strength for the next 8 years for the boys
• At age thirty they became citizens
• Famous Phalanx formation
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The Phalanx Formation
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Battle of Thermopylae
Leonidas
Force
300 Spartans
700 Thespians
6000 Other Greeks
Casualties
300 Spartans
3000 Other Greeks
Xerxes the
Great
Force
250,000 in all
Casualties
20,000 dead
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Only the dead have seen
the end of war
Go tell the Spartans,
Thou who passest by.
That here by Spartan Law,
We Lie.
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What can we take away?
• Nothing can replace training. 5 lions are better than 500 sheep
• It’s the team that matters, not the individual
• Use your strength to your advantage
• Use the situation to your advantage
• Never underestimate your enemy
• Never be overcome by you ego
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Thank You!!