![]() The History Channel's 2007 film Last Stand of the 300 also features the Immortals as part of the reconstruction of the historic battle at Thermopylae in ancient Greece.These Immortals wear Mengu-style metal masks, appear to be inhuman or disfigured, and carry a pair of swords closely resembling Japanese wakizashis. Frank Miller's 1998 comic book 300 and the 2006 feature film adapted from it present a heavily fictionalized version of the Immortals at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BCE. ![]() ![]() However, they are mostly dressed in black and other dark colors in contrast to historical depictions. ![]() In the 1962 film The 300 Spartans, the Immortals carry a spear and wicker shields like the actual Immortals.Herodotus' account of two warrior elites-the hoplites of Sparta and the Immortals of Persia-facing each other in battle has inspired a set of rather colourful depictions of the battle, especially in regard of the Immortals: The signature shield of the Achaemenid Empire's Immortals has been adopted in the insignia of the 65th Airborne Special Forces Brigade and the 55th Airborne Brigade of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army. Main article: Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces Surviving Achaemenid coloured glazed bricks and carved reliefs represent the Immortals as wearing elaborate robes, hoop earrings and gold jewellery, though these garments and accessories were most likely worn only for ceremonial occasions. Its actual form is uncertain, but some sources describe it as a cloth or felt cap which could be pulled over the face to keep out wind and dust in the arid Persian plains. The headdress worn by the Immortals is believed to have been the Persian tiara. The regiment was followed by a caravan of covered carriages, camels, and mules that transported their supplies, along with concubines and attendants to serve them this supply train carried special food that was reserved only for their consumption. The spear counterbalances of the common soldiery were of silver to differentiate commanding ranks, the officers' spear butt-spikes were of gold. Herodotus instead describes their armament as follows: wicker shields covered in leather, short spears, quivers, swords or large daggers, slings, bows and arrows. Xenophon ( Cyropaedia 6.4.1 7.1.2) describes the guard of Cyrus the Great as having bronze breastplates and helmets, while their horses wore chamfrons and peitrels of bronze together with shoulder pieces which also protected the rider's thighs. Some scholars speculate that they represent the Immortals. Median (left) and Persian (right) warriors in their ceremonial dress in carvings at Persepolis in Fars Province, Iran. 'immortal'), but this theory has been criticized by Rüdiger Schmitt. It is suggested that Herodotus' informant has confused the word anûšiya- ( lit. There is evidence of the existence of a permanent corps from Persian sources, which provided a backbone for the tribal levies who made up the bulk of the Achaemenid armies however, these do not record the name of "Immortals". This elite force is only referred to as the "Immortals" in sources based on Herodotus. The Persian denomination of the unit is uncertain. He stated that the unit's name stemmed from the custom that every killed, seriously wounded, or sick member was immediately replaced with a new one, maintaining the corps as a cohesive entity with a constant strength. Herodotus describes the Immortals as being heavy infantry led by Hydarnes the Younger it provided the professional corps of the Persian armies and was kept constantly at a strength of exactly 10,000 men. Modern reconstruction of the Immortals in their ceremonial dress during the 2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire in Pahlavi Iran, 1971.
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