After the Battle of Marathon, the defeated Persians' punitive expedition returned home and Persia planned a major invasion, which occurred a decade later, and which was also repelled.
The Battle of Marathon occurred in 490 BC .
The battle was 490 BCE, so count backwards.
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.
500 years after the battle of marathon
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The primary reason the battle occurred was to repel a Persian invasion force under Darius the 1st who sought to punish the Greeks for their supportive role in the Ionian revolt .
The Ancient Greek Battle of Marathon(490B.C.) took place in the bay of marathon
The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC. The battle took place in Marathon, Greece. It was a battle between the citizens of Athens, and the Persians.
The Battle of Marathon was the first attempt , and first defeat , by Persian forces to subjugate Greece . The Persians were defeated by the Athenians at Marathon , Greece .
The Battle of Marathon started in 490 BC. A couple years after the Persian Wars
Marathon 490 BCE. Plataea 479 BCE.
The Battle of Marathon was won by Athens and its ally Plataia in 490 BCE.