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They lost a good amount of people but then became very rich from winning the Persian Wars and gaining wealth. They formed with almost all the city-states except for Sparta to form the Delian League. They were a very strong area for a long time.
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∙ 10y agoFirst, it proved that the Persians were not as invincible as their reputation held them to be. Second, it gave Athens a boost in morale that started them on the road to being a major force in the Aegean world. Third, it made Persia resolve to get revenge and guaranteed a Second Persian War.
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∙ 10y agoAthens and Eretria had interfered in a Greek city uprising in Asia Minor, and burnt down the Persian provincial capital Sardis in 498 BCE.
In reprisal Persian king Darius I sent an amphibious expedition in 490 BCE to capture the cities and place them under sympathetic local rulers who would keep the cities quiet.
This expedition captured Eretria but was stopped at Marathon by Athens and Plataia, which led tke king to plan to bring all the cities under control with a full-scale invasion in 480 BCE by his successor Xerxes I.
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∙ 11y agoThe Persian invasion was defeated and went home.
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∙ 6y agoMarathon was a plain in the northern territory of Athens where a battle took place between Athens and its ally Plataea and a Persian punitive expedition sent against it in 490 BCE.
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∙ 11y agoi don't know they just did... :D
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What happened in 490 BCE in Ancient Greece?
It was the war between Greece and Persian people called the battle of Marathon.
What war was the battle of marathon part of?
Persian War 499-449 BCE.
When did the battle of marathon begin?
The battle of Marathon began in 490 BC. The battle took place between the Persian Empire and the Greeks. Eventually, the Greeks won the war.
What was the first war in the Persian wars?
It was the war which happened in 490 BCE and was decided by the Athenian victory over the Persians at the Battle of Marathon.
Who were the leaders of the Persian War battle of Marathon?
Athens/Plataea - Miltiades Persia - Datis and Artaphernes.
What was the first battle name of the Persian war?
A battle does not a war make. The Persia War lasted 50 years 499-449 BCE. It comprised many battles over the 50 years. Some names are: Lade, Marathon, Salamis, Plataia, Mykale, Eurymedon, Cyprus.
What were all of the battles of the greco- Persian war?
1st- Battle of Marathon 2nd- Battle of Thermopylae 3rd- Battle of Salamis 4th- Battle of Plataea
What is the site of the Persian war?
Greece. There were two Persian Wars. The First Persian War in 490 BC had only one major battle (Marathon). The Second Persian War in 480-479 BC had three major battles (Thermopylae, Salamis, Plataea). Salamis was a sea battle. The sites can be found on a map of ancient Greece, and possibly even on a map of modern Greece.
What contribution did Miltiades make to the course of the Persian war?
Miltiades the Younger helped to defeat the Persians at the Battle of Marathon .
The battles at marathon thermopylae and salamis were part of what war?
The answer is the Persian war.
Who were the participants of the Persian war?
Darius I --- King of Persian Empire during First Persian War, 490 BC. Xerxes --- King of Persian Empire during Second Persian War, 480-479 BC. Mardonius --- Persian general in both Persian Wars. Datis and Artaphernes --- Persian generals at Battle of Marathon. Miltiades --- Athenian general at Battle of Marathon. Leonidas --- Spartan general at Battle of Thermopylae. Themistocles --- Athenian admiral at Battle of Salamis. Pausanias --- Spartan general at Battle of Plataea.
Did the battle of marathon lead to the Persian war?
The Battle of Marathon occurred during the Persian attempt to suppress Athens for interferince in supporting the uprising of the Greek cities within the Persian empire a decade earler (Ionian Revolt).The failure by Persia at Marathon led to their trying to absorb all the mainland Greek cities as a final solution to the problem, which brought on the main part of the wars which lasted from 499 to 449 BCE.
