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The Athenians and their Platian allies defeated the Persians punitive expedition sent against them in a land battle on the Plain of Marathon.

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The Athenians and their Platian allies defeated the Persians punitive expedition sent against them in a land battle on the Plain of Marathon.

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Was Cyrus defeated by the Greeks at the Bay of Marathon?

No, it was a punitive expedition launched by Darius I against not the Greeks generally but Eretria and Athens. Eretria was captured and enslaved but Athens defeated the attack on it at Marathon and in front of the city in 490 BCE. Cyrus the Great was killed in a battle with the Massagetae the previous century and was subsequently succeeded by his son Cambyses II.


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.


Was Darius defeated by the Greeks?

A punitive expedition he sent to Eretria and Athens was defeated by Athens at Marathon 490 BCE.


Was defeated by the Greeks on the Plain of Marathon?

A Persian expeditionary force commanded by the Mede general Datis.


What happened during the battles between Persia and the Greeks at Marathon Salamis and Thermopylae?

At Marathon and Salamis, the Greek cities defeated the Persian forces. At Thermopylai the Persian forces defeated the Greek cities.


The Greeks defeated the invading Persian army in this battle due to their better weapons and armor?

The Battle of Marathon .


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.


The location of famous battle in which Greeks defeated Persians was?

Battle of Marathon 17th September 490 bc


What was the battle of marathon over?

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 .


Was defeated by the Greeks at the Bay of Salamis?

Persian naval forces were defeated by a Greek naval coalition under the command of the Spartan Admiral Eurybiades.


How did the Persian win the battle of bay of Marathon?

The Persians lost the battle. The Athenian army defeated the Persian expeditionary force.


What Persian kinh conquered the Greeks at the first battle of marathon in 490 bc?

Athens and its ally Plataia defeated the Persian expeditionary force sent out by King Darius at Marathon in 490 BCE.