> Thermopylae and Agincourt. Now those were massacres.
Neither Thermopylae nor Agincourt were massacres, unless viewed from the side of the Bad Guys.
The Spartans and Greeks, outnumbered, performed a brilliantly disciplined defense that, ultimately, led to being wiped out to a man. But it was the Persians, not the Spartans/Greeks, who got the short end of that stick. No massacre there...
At Agincourt, Henry V was badly outnumbered and had mostly infantry troops: the French had heavy cavalry and should have won. Zoot Alors! The French picked their battle foolishly and got skewered by Henry's Welsh longbow archers, while wallowing in the slippery deep mud in heavy armor with useless cavalry chargers. No massacre here either: a brilliant defense against all odds, and taken to its natural conclusions.
Now Custer's Last Stand was a proper massacre... as was Culloden Moor, as was Glencoe...
I was talking about the Bad-Guy point of view. Like the Little Bighorn, Isandlwana was also a massacre for the good guys. A day later, Rorke's Drift was the reverse.
"300" was a great film, made in Quebec of all places. I heartily recommend it.