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Which city fought off the Persians in a tiny seaport town of marathon and why?
Marathon was a plain. The combined armies of Athens and Plataea defeated a Persian punitive expedition on the Marathon plain.
Why did the Athenian army not go out to fight the Persians when they arrived at Marathon?
They stayed in the hills around the Plain of Marathon where the Persian cavalry couldn't get at them, waiting for reinforcements from Sparta.
Why were the Greeks able to win the battle of marathon?
It was not the Greeks, it was Athens and its ally Plataia. The Athenians waited on the edge of the Plain of Marathon for reinforcement from Sparta. Then saw the superior Persian cavalry being embarked on ships and ran down and defeated the unsupported inferior Persian infantry.
Why was the battle of marathon givin its name?
It took place on the Plain of Marathon.
Plain from which a runner ran 26 miles to Athens to announce victory?
Marathon
What was the city of Marathon that the Greeks fought off the Persians in?
There was no city of Marathon. It was a plain 26 miles north of Athens.
Who was was defeated by the Greeks at the Bay of Marathon?
The Athenians and their Platian allies defeated the Persians punitive expedition sent against them in a land battle on the Plain of Marathon.
Where did the Athenians defeat the Persians in 490 BC?
On the Plain of Marathon 26 miles north of Athens.
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.
Why were Greeks able defeat persions plain marathon?
Because the Persians didn't have patience and sent the horsemen in first and the strongest in the boat leaving their weakest variable to Greek attack. The Greeks won even though they were outnumbered, because of the general's mistake of not waiting for the Greeks to come to the Persian forces.
In 490 B.C the Persians landed on what plain?
Marathon
Which city fought off the Persians in a tiny seaport town of marathon and why?
Marathon was a plain. The combined armies of Athens and Plataea defeated a Persian punitive expedition on the Marathon plain.
City where the Greeks defeated the Persians and gave us the name of the running race?
Not the Greeks, but the Greek city-states of Athens and Plataea, The battle in 490 BCE was on the plain of Marathon (not a city) 26 miles north of Athens.
What plain is located 26 miles northeast of Athens?
The plain located 26 miles northeast of Athens is the Marathon plain. It is famous for being the site of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, where the Athenians defeated the Persians.
What plain did the Greeks win the battle against Darius' army?
The plain of Marathon , Greece .
Why did the Athenian army not fight off the Persians when they entered Marathon?
They lurked in the hills around the Plain of Marathon, waiting on reinforcements from Sparta.
What major city in Greece fought off the Persians at the tiny seaport town of marathon?
Marathon was a plain. Athens and its ally Plataea defeated a Persian punitive expedition on the plain.
