No, the Athenians and Plataeans were waiting for them, staying in the hills to be safe from the Persian cavalry, when they saw the cavalry being loaded on ships, so they ran down and defeated the inferior Persian infantry, now unprotected by its cavalry. After the Persians went home, the Spartan contingent arrived, heard the news, went to inspect the battlefield, congratulated the Athenians, and went on home.
To augment the Athenian and Plataian armies. They arrived at Athens too late for the battle, marched on to view the site, came back and congratulated the Athenians, and went home.
Spartans did not fight at the Battle of Marathon. The fight was solely between the Persians, and the Athenians and Plataeans.
Yes , heavily armoured Athenian infantry were known as Hoplites who fought at the battle of Marathon against the Persians in tightly knit formations known as a phalanx .
The Athenian armoured warriors used mainly spears but also had swords. They had archers in support. The Spartans had the same but arrived too late for the battle and therefore did not participate.
The Battle of Thermopylae is the historical name for the battle where the 300 Spartans fought.
battle of thermopylae
Spartans did not fight at the Battle of Marathon. The fight was solely between the Persians, and the Athenians and Plataeans.
They were celebrating a religious festival, or at least so they said.
Yes , heavily armoured Athenian infantry were known as Hoplites who fought at the battle of Marathon against the Persians in tightly knit formations known as a phalanx .
Athens and Plataea .
The Spartans were involved in the Persian Wars, particularly the battle of Thermopylae (where 300 Spartans famously held off the Persians), the Peloponnesian War (against the Athenians), and other minor skirmishes with neighboring city states, which usually ended with the Spartans conquering the other city state.
no they sucked ball
The Spartans, alongside other Greeks were able to hold the Persians by fighting in the narrow pass of Thermopylae with the sea on one side and cliffs on the other. They were a…
No. It defeated a Persian expeditionary force. Athens and Sparta were then friends. Pheidippides ran to Sparta to summon them to help, but the Spartans didn't arrive in time before the battle was fought.
The Athenian armoured warriors used mainly spears but also had swords. They had archers in support. The Spartans had the same but arrived too late for the battle and therefore did not participate.
500 years after the battle of marathon
There is no actual proof that this occurred at all. Many say that his running from Marathon to Athens was only partly based in truth. But if it did occur at all it would have been in the same year as The Battle of Marathon, which occurred in 490 BC.
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