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Battle of Marathon: The conventionally accepted date for the Battle of Marathon. The Athenians and their Plataean allies defeat the first Persian invasion force of Greece.
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Battle of Marathon
490 BC battle in the Greco-Persian Wars
The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes. The battle was the culmination of the first attempt by Persia under…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Classical Athens
City-state in ancient Greece
Classical Athens, known contemporaneously simply as Athens, was the major urban centre of the notable polis (city-state) of the same name during the classical period of ancient Greece, located in Attica, Greece, leading the Delian League in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Plataea
Ancient city in southeastern Boeotia, Greece
Plataea was an ancient Greek city-state situated in Boeotia near the frontier with Attica at the foot of Mt. Cithaeron, between the mountain and the river Asopus, which divided its territory from that of Thebes. Its inhabitants were known as the Plataeans.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
First Persian invasion of Greece
492–490 BC phase of the Greco-Persian Wars
The first Persian invasion of Greece took place from 492 BC to 490 BC, as part of the Greco-Persian Wars. It ended with a decisive Athenian-led victory over the Achaemenid Empire during the Battle of Marathon. Consisting of two distinct campaigns, the invasion of the independent…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Day of the year
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