THE BATTLE OF MARATHON

THE FIRST PERSIAN INVASION OF GREECE

• September 490 BC
• Commanded by Datis and Artaphernes
• Under Darius I to subjugate Greece

THE ATHENIAN ARMY

• Led by Callimachus and Miltiades
• 10,000 Athenians
• Athenians outnumbered 2:1

HOW THE ATHENIANS WON

• Joined by small force from Plataea
• Block two exits from the plain of Marathon
• Athenians wait five days to attack Persians
• Callimachus and Miltiades use knowledge of Persian tactics
• Greek ranks thinned in center and hoplites on flanks

PHIDIPPIDES

• Ran 140 miles to ask Sparta for help
• Sparta ended up saying no due to a religious festival
• Phidippides later runs 26 miles and 385 yards to announce victory to Athens

WORKS CITED

• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheidippides
• http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-marathon-greeks-versus-the-persians.htm
• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marathon
• http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/marathon.htm
• http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Greco-Persian_Wars

WORKS CITED

• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marathon
• http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/background/15_p1.html
• http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Battle_of_Marathon.htm...
• http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/File:Persepolis_Apadana_noerdlich...
• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miltiades

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