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Pheidippides was the fastest Athenian messenger. His story inspired the beginning of marathon running, even thought after he ran 26 miles to Athens he pronounced victory and then dropped dead.
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It is called "The Marathon Battlefield"In 490 BC at this spot, Persians marched against Athenian troops, and although outnumbered 24,000 to 9,000, the Athenians slaughtered their opponents handily.They then sent their swiftest runner, Pheidippides, to alert the city of victory.Entering the Agora, he shouted "We have won" and promptly dropped dead from exhaustion.
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