The Persian expeditionary force sent to punish Athens for its burning of the Persian provincial capital of Sardis.
There was no emperor of Greece. The Greek world was comprised of hundreds of independent city-states, some of which formed defensive leagues from time to time.The battle of Marathon was lost by an expeditionary force sent out by Persia under command of a Mede named Datis.The defending force from the Greek cities of Athens and Plataia won the battle.
The Persians lost the battle. The Athenian army defeated the Persian expeditionary force.
They lost.
An Persian expeditionary force sent by King Darius to punish the Eretrians and Athenians for interfering in his empire was defeated at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE.
In 490 BC the Persion King Darius invaded Greece. He had planned to invade Greece and take over Athens, however; he lost at the battle of Marathon.
Went home disappointed.
A small Greek blocking force was withdrawn when its mission was completed.
There were many battles. The major ones were: Lade - sea battle 494 BCE - the Persians won Artemesion - sea battle 480 BCE - the Greek confederation lost. Salamis - sea battle 480 BCE - the Persians lost. Plataia - land battle 479 BCE - the Persians lost Mycale - sea-land battle 479 BCE- the Persians lost. Eurymedon - sea battle 466 BCE - the Persians lost. Cyprus - sea-land battle 451 BCE - the Persians lost.
The movie 300 is based on the Battle of Thermopylae, an actual battle that took place in ancient Greece. The war was between The Greeks and the Persians. There really were 300 Spartans, but there was also about 10,000 other Greek soldiers, so the Spartans were not alone. The Greeks lost the Battle of Thermopylae, but the Spartans fought bravely and more valiantly than the rest with their superior phalanx military strategy.
It was Athens against Persia. Athens helped Miletus (another city-state) in a battle against Persia. Athenians didn't actually fight, they just helped Miletus by giving them ships and weapons. Miletus lost against Persia and when Persia discovered that Athens had helped Miletus they wanted the Athenians killed. Thus the battle of Marathon began.
In the Battle of Marathon, which took place in 490 BC, the Athenians lost approximately 192 men. This battle was a pivotal moment in the Greco-Persian Wars, where the Athenian forces successfully defeated the much larger Persian army. The relatively low casualties for the Athenians contrasted sharply with the estimated 6,000 Persian losses.
On the side of the Athenians and Plataeans, about 20,00 - they only lost a couple of hundred. The p[ersians lost, and without their cavalry being there to protect them, many were slaughtered in the aftermath - about 6,000 out of 20,000.