故事发生在公元前480年,精明强悍的波斯士兵在波斯国王薛西斯一世(大卫·法拉尔 David Farrar 饰)的带领下正来势汹汹地朝希腊进军,斯巴达城国王列奥尼达斯(理查德·伊甘 Richard Egan 饰)带领三百勇士和四千联军镇守最前线温泉关。叛徒的出卖让列奥尼达斯的军队成为了瓮中之鳖,情急之下,列奥尼达斯命令联军撤退,自己带领着三百勇士孤军奋战,死守温泉关。 面对敌方无边无际的列队,列奥尼达斯和他的勇士们早已经知道了此战的结局,然而,他们并没有胆怯,反而因为势单力敌而燃起了格外高涨的气势。经过两天两夜的殊死搏斗,波斯大军伤亡惨重,而斯巴达三百勇士亦长眠于温泉关之中。Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of them his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000. The actual heroism of those who stood (and ultimately died) with Leonidas helped shape the course of Western Civilization, allowing the Greek city states time to organize an army which repelled the Persians. Set in 480 BC.