Peace.
"Nike!" The runner announced "Victory!" over the Persians at the battle of Marathon .
The batte of Marathon was between the Athenian people or Athens and the greatest empire of that time Persia.
The Persians lost the battle. The Athenian army defeated the Persian expeditionary force.
Their punitive expedition against Eretreia and Athens losing the battle of Marathon to the Athenian and Plataean armies.
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 .
After the Battle of Marathon defeated the Persian infantry, the Athenian army ran home 26 miles over the hills back to their city to protect it from a Persian amphibious attack launched after the battle. The marathon runs today commemorate that run by 9,000 Athenian armored warriors and their 9,000 light infantry.
The Persian cavalry was not available and the Athenian arboured infantry overcame the unarmoured infantry unprotected by their cavalry.
At the battle of Marathon 490 BCE the Athenians defeated the Persians.
The Athenian army saw an opportunity when the Persians sent their cavalry to embark on ships, and rushed down to engage the inferior Persian infantry.
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Not surprising at all. The Athenian armoured infantry was superior to the Persian infantry. The Greeks attacked the Persians infantry in the absence of their cavalry.
The Marathon run commemorates the run of 18,000 Athenian soldiers, who ran back the 26 miles to Athens after defeating the Persian infantry at Marathon, in order to defend the city against an attack by the Persian cavalry which was being shipped around to Athens by sea while the Athenian army was engaged at Marathon.