Confident. They were waiting for Spartan reinforcements when they saw an opportunity in the departure of the Persian cavalry and ran down and defeated the weaker Persian infantry. Then they felt really good.
Marathon was fought to keep the Persians from invading Athens.
The Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE was where Athens fought off the Persian King Darius. The Persians kept invading Greece for personal gain, and eventually Greece had enough and attacked the Persians back.
The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC. The battle took place in Marathon, Greece. It was a battle between the citizens of Athens, and the Persians.
It was the army of Athens and its ally Plataia. They waited until the Persians were loading their cavalry on ships and attacked the inferior Persian infantry left without their cavalry support.
No, it was the other way round. Athens Defeated the Persian Army at the Battle of Marathon.
Persians and Athens fought each other at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC - the Athenians prevailed .
The Persians Battled Against The Athens. It was battled in Greece. Also in 1490! And the Athens Won.(:
The Persians fought against the citizens of Athens who were aided by those of Plataea.
The Persians Battled Against The Athens. It was battled in Greece. Also in 1490! And the Athens Won.(:
In 490BC when Pheidippedes, a Greek messenger, ran from the Battle of Marathon, to Athens to proclaim the Greek victory over the Persians
490 BC When a runner took a message to Athens with the news that the Greeks had won a battle against the Persians at Marathon
The batte of Marathon was between the Athenian people or Athens and the greatest empire of that time Persia.