The Greek present - the Athenians and Plataians - won with minimal casualties and drove off the Persian force sent against them.
The Battle of Marathon was won by Athens and its ally Plataia in 490 BCE.
The Persians .
The battle of Marathon was a result of the Persians under King Darius the First to punish the Greeks for supporting the Ionian Revolt where Sardis had been burned after capture . The battle was essentially where the Greeks defeated a Persian punitive expedition that failed .
Their ten generals, one from each tribe.
9,000 Athenians and of their 1,000 Plataian allies.
The Greeks did
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.
The Greeks.
The Battle of Marathon was won by Athens and its ally Plataia in 490 BCE.
The Persians .
Marathon, Greece .
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Greeks versus Persians .
The Greeks
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Marathon 490 BCE. Plataea 479 BCE.
In 490 BC Greeks victoriously fought Persians in the Battle of Marathon in an attempt from King Darius I to subjugate Greece.