Leonidas the First, Is Going to Do Something About It

The spartan army was forbidden from marching to war for two different reasons. It would have been herrifically sacrilegious for them to march against the persians at this time. One of the two spartan kings, leonidas the first, is not happy with this situation and decides to do something about it. Leonidas took with him 300 soldiers, the royal bodyguard, and he marched north with all speed to thermopylae,. intending upon meeting the persians there and holding the now.