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It was about Athens and Eretria who had interfered militarily in the Persian Empire in Asia Minor. The Persian punitive expedition ha already taken Eretria helped by treachery within the city. The Persian attempt against Athens was also based on treachery within Athens.
The Persian plan was that it's army would land at Marathon to draw out the Athenian army to 26 mils north of the city. The Persian infantry would hold the Athenians and their Plataian allies there while the Persian cavalry was shipped around the coast to Athens, and would gallop up to the city where Athenian traitors would open the gates for them. The Athenian army would then be stranded in the open with nowhere to go between the city and the Persian infantry at Marathon.
The Athenian position was to hang around the hills at Marathon where the superior Persian cavalry could not get at them, waiting for the arrival of the Spartans who had promised to support them. However when they saw the departure of the Persian cavalry, they seized the opportunity and ran down and defeated the inferior unarmoured Persian infantry left without cavalry support. The Athenians then realised where the Persian cavalry was going, and their 9,000 heavy infantry ran back over the hills to Athens, forming up in front of the city just as the Persian cavalry was disembarking. Frustrated, the Persians went home. The Spartans, arriving too late, marched on to view the Marathon battlefield, congratulated the Athenians and went home.
Prior to all this, the Persians had put down the Greek Ionian Revolt in Asia Minor, where at the crucial battle of Lade half of the Ionian city contingents defected to Persian side.
All this says about the Greeks: beware treachery within their ranks, beware their steadfastness, opportunism, ruthlessness and ingenuity.
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When did the Greeks win the battle of Marathon?
The Battle of Marathon was won by Athens and its ally Plataia in 490 BCE.
Who fought the Greeks in the battle of Salamis and Marathon?
The Persians .
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 .
Who led the Greeks in the battle of Marathon?
Their ten generals, one from each tribe.
How many Greeks fought in the battle of marathon?
9,000 Athenians and of their 1,000 Plataian allies.
Who won the marathon battle?
The Greeks did
When did the battle of marathon begin?
The battle of Marathon began in 490 BC. The battle took place between the Persian Empire and the Greeks. Eventually, the Greeks won the war.
Who was the actual winner at the battle of marathon?
The Greeks.
When did the Greeks win the battle of Marathon?
The Battle of Marathon was won by Athens and its ally Plataia in 490 BCE.
Who fought the Greeks in the battle of Salamis and Marathon?
The Persians .
Metal weapons ensured a victory at the battle of the marathon for what army?
The Greeks
Who were the two sides fighting in the battle of marathon?
Greeks versus Persians .
What fighting formations did the Greeks and Persians use in the battle of marathon?
defence
What fighting formation did the Greeks and Persians use in the battle of marathon?
defence
Where was the battle that helped the Greeks win over the persians?
Marathon, Greece .
Who were the Greek fighting at the battle of marathon?
In 490 BC Greeks victoriously fought Persians in the Battle of Marathon in an attempt from King Darius I to subjugate Greece.
Did the ancient Greeks win a decisive battle at Marathon or Carthage?
Athens won at Marathon. Rome won against Carthage.
