This is Sparta!

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So, I was finally able to get my hands on a copy of Frank Miller's '300'. Devoured the whole thing in one night. OMG soooo good. Just beautiful art, fantastic bit of history, and plain fun! Seriously, they should hand this out in World Civ classes to help get teens interested in the ancient history. The gritty reality of it all yet at the same time, giving these people some character! Some dimension. I know it's not accurate history, but it's enough to make me want to read up on the Battle of Thermopylae and that's saying something!

Anyway, now I'm counting the days until the movie comes out (March 9th, approx 19 days) and amusing myself by searching for screencaps from the trailer and making icons. So here are my first 12 icons from the film "300".