Bearing down on them, the superpower of the day:
当时的超级大国 波斯帝国
Persia.
兵临城下
Sparta is just 3000 square miles.
斯巴达国土面积只有三千平方英里
The Persian empire, more than a million.
而波斯帝国 其面积超过一百万平方英里
The battle they face against the odds
这场胜算渺茫的战争
Will shape the story of mankind.
将在人类历史上留下浓墨重彩的一笔
Pausanias is holding Sparta together
在他的叔叔 也就是斯巴达国王驾崩后
After the death of the king, his uncle.
保萨尼亚斯让斯巴达团结一致
They prepare for a final battle to defend Greece.
为保卫希腊 他们准备决一死战
They're the baddest human beings on the planet Earth
他们是地球上最劣迹斑斑的人类
and they wanna stay that way.
而他们也乐于如此
It's really "We're gonna breed the ultimate warriors.
"真是那种"我们要培养终极勇士"的感觉
And they build a whole caste system,
他们创建了等级制度
a whole belief system, around this idea.
围绕这个制度 又构建了一整套信仰体系
In Sparta, from the age of seven,
在斯巴达 男孩们从七岁开始
Boys are trained as warriors.
就被当做战士训练
At 18, they join Sparta's army,
到了十八岁 他们加入斯巴达军队
The most fearsome,
最可怕的是
Most disciplined fighting force on earth.
这是世上纪律最严明的军队
Young men were taken away from their families
年轻人被迫离开家人
and lived a very what we call a Spartan life,
过着简单清苦的生活 我们称之为斯巴达生活
a life without luxury
这是一种毫无享受可言
and a life of deprivation
失去自我的生活
and a life training and testing their courage.
这里只有无休止的训练以及勇气的考验