Fictionalized action films based on the retellings of the Persian Wars, a series of conflicts between the Empire of Persia and Greek city-states.

Themistokles is fighting for a united Greece, his intention to spread the new Athenian concept of democracy. And where the numerous battles of the first film happened on land, Rise of an Empire ...

a general from Athens who attempts to rally the Greek forces against the invading Persian army. Stapleton may get top billing, but 300: Rise of an Empire is Eva Green’s movie. Green has rarely ...

The ancient Greek city-state of Syracuse on the eastern coast of Sicily started as a colony and became a Greek metropolis.

“Rise of an Empire,” directed by Noam Murro, tells that tale of Xerxes taking on Greek general Themistokles (Sullivan Stapleton, “Gangster Squad”) and is based on the Frank Miller graphic nove ...

“Rise of an Empire” is also expected to do well overseas ... features a different cast and follows the Greek general Themistokles as he takes on Persian fighters led by Xerxes, a man-turned ...

She’s Greek by birth but her heart is Persian ... the charge that will change the course of the war. “300: Rise of an Empire” pits Themistokles against the massive invading Persian forces ...

Rise of an Empire does suffer from the disappointment ... sexualized role as Artemisia, a Greek who has gone over to the Persians to become their most ruthless military leader.

300: Rise of an Empire starts before the Battle of Thermopylae, showing how the cruel Artemisia aided Xerxes in his rise to rule Persia. When the various Greek City-State become aware that Persia ...