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The Succession to the Spartan Kingship:

Brenda Griffith-Williams conducted research; found that there was a fixed system to determine who would take the position, especially within the fifth and sixth century BC. She said the method was a, “fixed order based on the principle of male primogeniture”

So like if a king died and didn’t have a child or son, the next successor would be the eldest brother or whoever the closest Kingsman was. If he had a DAUGHTER (aka King Cleomenes and Gorgo), she would become heiress to the to throne. Leonidas was set for the throne, but also married Gorgo so he was set for the throne either way.

Book 6 of The Histories of Herodotus, Herodotus discusses the respect for the king within Spartan Society

“Such are the honors which the Spartan people have allowed their kings during their lifetime; after they are dead other honors await them. Horsemen carry the news of their death through all Laconia, while in the city the women go hither and thither drumming upon a kettle. At this signal, in every house [of] free persons, a man and a woman, must put on mourning, or else be subject to a heavy fine. […] When one of their kings dies, not only the Spartans, but a certain number of the country people from every part of Laconia are forced, whether they will or no, to attend the funeral. So these persons and the helots, and likewise the Spartans themselves, flock together to the number of several thousands, men and women intermingled; and all of them smite their foreheads violently, and weep and wall without stint, saying always that their last king was the best. If a king dies in battle, then they make a statue of him, and placing it upon a couch right bravely decked, so carry it to the grave. After the burial, by the space of ten days there is no assembly, nor do they elect magistrates, but continue mourning the whole time.”

Subjectivity, Identity, and 300 Spartans By Stacey Scriver

“popular film is an important and effective ideological apparatus and has the potential not only to reinforce subjectivity but also to expose the workings of ideology”

Basically the movie depicts how the Persian and Spartan societies actually would’ve fought

- UPDATE MOVIE AND VIDEOGAME LIST IN POP CULTURE