300 - What did everyone think?

[Lepidina]

That opens the door on comparing the Rohirrim to Alanic cavalry styles, or the Gondor infantry to 9th century Byzantine heavy infantry.

You are No Fun.

But an interesting topic is how do stage combat people create fantastical, yet realistic combat sequences and battles. They all have bits of history in them and most stage combat people I know read the fight manuals from many different eras and styles.