Going back to real Spartans soldiers, they wore bronze helmets with plums on top, breast plates to protect the chest area, and scarlet caps as a sign of being Spartans. On the other hand, in 300, soldiers wear the almost the same uniform with some differences. Some of the changes are plums on the bronze helmets. Historically, all Spartans soldiers had plums made from horse hair on their helmets; however, in the movies, only the king Leonidas has a plum on his helmet. The director Miller claimed, “Another liberty I took was, they all had plumes, but I only gave a plume to Leonidas, to make him stand out…” (History vs Hollywood). The movie shows Spartan’s soldiers going to battel bare chests with no chest plates unlike the real soldiers that I mentioned wore breast plats to their battels. The director of 300 explained why he decided to remove this particular piece of armor, “I took those chest plates and leather skirts off of them for a reason. I wanted these guys to move and I wanted 'em to look good” (History vs Hollywood). Finally, the caps, one can notice that in the movie soldiers and Leonidas wore their scarlet caps the whole time, even at battle scenes. However, according to ancient military, the caps were never worn while
Going back to real Spartans soldiers, they wore bronze helmets with plums on top, breast plates to protect the chest area, and scarlet caps as a sign of being Spartans. On the other hand, in 300, soldiers wear the almost the same uniform with some differences. Some of the changes are plums on the bronze helmets. Historically, all Spartans soldiers had plums made from horse hair on their helmets; however, in the movies, only the king Leonidas has a plum on his helmet. The director Miller claimed, “Another liberty I took was, they all had plumes, but I only gave a plume to Leonidas, to make him stand out…” (History vs Hollywood). The movie shows Spartan’s soldiers going to battel bare chests with no chest plates unlike the real soldiers that I mentioned wore breast plats to their battels. The director of 300 explained why he decided to remove this particular piece of armor, “I took those chest plates and leather skirts off of them for a reason. I wanted these guys to move and I wanted 'em to look good” (History vs Hollywood). Finally, the caps, one can notice that in the movie soldiers and Leonidas wore their scarlet caps the whole time, even at battle scenes. However, according to ancient military, the caps were never worn while