In 490 BC Greeks victoriously fought Persians in the Battle of Marathon in an attempt from King Darius I to subjugate Greece.
The Ancient Greek Battle of Marathon(490B.C.) took place in the bay of marathon
The Battle of Marathon
The battle of Salamis, the battle of Thermopylae and the battle of Marathon is the famous battle in Greek.
The presence of Pan , the mythological Greek god , at the Battle of Marathon was not recorded by historians .
In 490BC when Pheidippedes, a Greek messenger, ran from the Battle of Marathon, to Athens to proclaim the Greek victory over the Persians
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Greeks versus Persians .
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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 .
It was not a Greek force, it was 9,000 Athenians and 1,000 Platians.
Marathon.
The Battle of Marathon, the Battle of Salamis, and the Battle of Thermopylae were fought between Greek city-states and invading Persian Empire forces in the early Fifth Century BCE.