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Which city fought off the Persians in a tiny seaport town of marathon and why?
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Marathon was a plain. The combined armies of Athens and Plataea defeated a Persian punitive expedition on the Marathon plain.
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What impact did the battle of marathon have?
The Battle of Marathon had shown to the Greek city-states that they could thwart Persian invasion forces and also proved that Greek armour and tactics were superior to those of the Persians .
What is the name of the battle in 490 BC that the Greeks were defeated by Persia?
It was not the Greeks but the Greek city-state of Eretria.The Persians then switched to Athens which defeated them at Marathon.
How did the Battle of Salamis happen?
The fleets of the invading Persians fought it out with the combined fleet of the defending southern Greek city-states.
What were the sides in the battle of Thermopylae?
A small force from Greek city-states led by Spartan King Leonidas fought the Persians .
What has the battle of Marathon to do with todays marathon?
A common view is that a runner called Pheidippedes ran the 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to tell of the Athenian victory over the Persians, however he was already dead - he had been sent to Sparta to summon the Spartan army to the battle - a much longer run and he came back hallucinating and died. After the Spartans defeated the Persian infantry at Marathon, they realised that the Persian cavalry had embarked on their ships and was being rowed around to attack Athens - traitors would open the city gates, and the cavalry would gallop up and take the city with the Athenian army still at Marathon. The 9,000 Athenian infantry set out back, running the 26 miles wearing sandals and carrying their weapons and armour, and got back just in time to form up in front of the city. The Persians, frustrated, went home. Today's race commemorats this mass run. Today's athletes get it pretty easy without the weaponry and sandals.
What major Greek city fought off the Persians at the tiny seaport town of Marathon?
Athens. Marathon was a plain, not a tiny seaport town.
What major city in Greece fought off the Persians at the tiny seaport town of marathon?
Marathon was a plain. Athens and its ally Plataea defeated a Persian punitive expedition on the plain.
What was the city of Marathon that the Greeks fought off the Persians in?
There was no city of Marathon. It was a plain 26 miles north of Athens.
What two city states fought the Persians?
There were nearly 200 city-states who united to fight off the Persians.
What is the city where the Greeks defeated the Persians and gave us the name of the running race?
Not a city - the Plain of Marathon.
What city states fought the Persians?
Both the Spartans and the athenians
Why did battle of marathon take place?
Persia mounted a punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens for interfering in the Persian empire. Eretria was captured and the Persians then moved on to capture Athens, landing at the Bay of Marathon 26 miles north of the city. The Athenian army fought it out with them there.
What was Marathon the most important war?
Marathon was not a war, it was one battle in a 50-year war between Persia and the Greek city-states. The most important battles were Salamis, Plataea and Mycale. The significance of Marathon is that it was the first time that the Persians were defeated, and this Athenian victory showed to the other Greek city states, after nine years of Persian victories, that the Persians could be beaten.
What impact did the battle of marathon have?
The Battle of Marathon had shown to the Greek city-states that they could thwart Persian invasion forces and also proved that Greek armour and tactics were superior to those of the Persians .
Seaport and large city in Pakistan?
Karachi is the seaport an largest city inPakistan
What happened at the marathon battle?
At the Battle of Marathon, the Persians and Athenians fought. The Persians outnumbered them, but Athens still won.The Athenian and Plataian infantry remained in the hills around the Plain of Marathon where they were safe from the Persian cavalry. They were awaiting the reinforcement of the Spartan army.The observed the Persian cavalry being embarked, and took the opportunity to run down and defeat the inferior Persian infantry unprotected by its cavalry, and routed them.They then realised the Persian cavalry was being shipped around Cape Sounion to land near Athens and gallop up and take the undefended city as the gates were opened by traitors within. They ran back the 26 miles to the city and formed up in front of the gates just in time. The Persians gave up and went home.The Athenians made this run in sandals, carrying armour and weapons, after having already fought the battle at Marathon.Today's marathon runners who think they replicate this run get it pretty easy by comparison.
Where is Seaport city for Santiago?
the seaport city for Santiago is in Chile's' beautiful San Antonio
