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Summary: Unique in history, the city-state of Sparta was essentially one big armed camp. In this program, life in a culture continually at war is portrayed through the eyes of Aristodemus, lone survivor among the famed 300 Spartans who held the pass at Thermopylae. Using reenactments and location footage, along with readings of excerpts from Herodotus, Xenophon, and Thucydides, the program follows the training and education of a typical Spartan male all the way from birth through the trials that would make him the most fearsome fighting machine of the ancient world. A Discovery Channel Production.