>NOW we are getting somewhere, and again, I will reserve full
>judgment until I see the movie later on tonight. It struck me
>as funny watching the trailer and seeing Leonidas talking
>about "an age of freedom" The reason why Sparta was able to
>train such an exceptional fighting force is that it relied on
>slave labor (mostly made up of other greeks) and second-class
>citizens to keep their city-state running.

I was thinking the same thing. I also thought it was funny that the Spartans were making fun of the Athenians as being gay boy lovers, when the Spartans were just as big pederasts as Athenians. pretty ironic.