On the Athenian side, about 10,00 heavy infantry and 10,000 light infantry. On the Persian side, about 25,000 infantry. Their cavalry did not fight as it was loaded onto ships to capture Athens in the absence of the Athenian army.
The Greeks did
Greeks versus Persians .
The Battle of Marathon .
Marathon was a plain, not a city. It was owned by Athens. They fought a battle against a Persian amphibious punitive expedition sent by Persia in 490 BCE.
Themistocles.
The Greeks did
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.
The Greeks.
The Battle of Marathon was won by Athens and its ally Plataia in 490 BCE.
9,000 Athenians and of their 1,000 Plataian allies.
The Persians .
Greeks versus Persians .
The Greeks
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Marathon, Greece .
In 490 BC Greeks victoriously fought Persians in the Battle of Marathon in an attempt from King Darius I to subjugate Greece.