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How long is the drive from Athens to Sparta?
They are 153 miles apart by land and 95 miles apart by air. Can you believe that in 490BC a messanger was ordered to run that distance just to send reinforcments for a battle! Not only that but after he made it he returned with the reinforcments, fought in the battle and was then ordered to run all the back to announce the victory!!! He made it but collapsed and died of exhaustion. Edit: Actually, the story about a man running from Marathon to Athens is not true. A herald named Pheidippides was sent on the 150 mile run to Sparta (which he made in two days) for reinforcements, but the story about him being ordered to run from Marathon to Athens is just a bastardization of several accounts, mostly from long after the war. It's usually wrongly attributed to Herodotus. More: Pheidipides the runner arrived back in Athens from this run hallucinating, and died, so he was unable to do any fighting and running later at Marathon. After the Athenians defeated the Persian infantry at Marathon, they realised that the Persian cavalry, which had been absent from the battle (which allowed the Athenians to win), were sailing around to Athens to enter the city gates which were to be opened for them by traitors. The 9,000 Athenian warriors ran the 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to form up in front of the city just as the Persian cavalry began to disembark, and repelled them. The runners of the first Marathon run were these 9,000, carrying their armour and weapons, after having already fought that morning at Marathon. The runners of today's marathon races which replicate that desperate defence, get it pretty easy by comparison.
What are troy and Sparta are separated by?
A border... Sparta is in Greece. Troy is on the Asian side of the Aegean Sea, in modern Turkey. The most reasonable answer to this question is that they were separated by many miles and the Aegean Sea.
Was Sparta near the Nile River?
Sparta is in southern Greece on the River Eurotas about 600 miles from the river Nile.
Where did the Athenians defeat the Persians in 490 BC?
On the Plain of Marathon 26 miles north of Athens.
Did Sparta grant citizenship to women?
No. Sparta didn't grant citizenship to very many men, either.
What is the distance from Marathon Florida to Sparta Greece?
The distance from Marathon, Florida, to Sparta, Greece, is 5,907 air miles. That equals 9,506 kilometers or 5,133 nautical miles.
How long did it take pheidippides to run to Sparta?
150 miles from Marathon to Sparta and going back to Athens.
The marathon is said to be based on the distance Pheidippides a Greek soldier ran from the city of Marathon to what other Greek city?
Pheidippides ran 150 miles from Marathon to Sparta, then another 22 miles to Athens.
How many miles are in a marathon?
There are 26 miles in a marathon.
How many miles are in half a marathon?
There are 26.2 miles in a full marathon, thus there are 13.1 miles in a half marathon. No odd calculations... a half marathon is a half marathon.
How many miles is a hAlf marathon'?
A half-marathon is 13.1 miles long.
How many miles is Olympia Greece from Sparta?
Olympia is approximately 160 miles west of Sparta in Greece.
How many miles in 15k marathon?
A 15k marathon is just 15 kilometers, or roughly 9.3 miles.
How many miles from California to Marathon Florida?
about 3,100 miles
How many miles long is the Chicago marathon?
26.2 miles
What are four city-states that existed in ancient Greece?
Olympia, Sparta,Athens,Marathon,Mycenae,Thebes,Piraeus,or Salamis
How many miles are there between Knossos and Sparta?
393 miles
