The REAL Immortals: Unveiling Persia's Elite Warriors

The depictions of The Immortals, the Achaemenid empire's elite soldiers, in the movie 300 is ridiculous to say the least. And it, unfortunately, is not much better in only written sources we have about this troops: Greek historians. Here, we try to tell the story of the real Immortals. What their role was, how they formed, how they got their name and the important battles they fought in.