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Marathon, Battle Of
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(490 &BC;) Decisive battle on the plain of Marathon outside Athens in the Persian Wars. Darius I led his enormous army against a much smaller Athenian force led by Miltiades. The Athenians attacked with great speed, while the Persian cavalry was...
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The Battle of Marathon, Greek Μάχη τοῡ Μαραθῶνος (Mache tou Marathonos), took place in 490 BCE and was the culmination of King Darius I of Persia's first full scale attempt to conquer the remainder of Greece and incorporate it into the...


 

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