Marathon, 490 BCE: Athens Meets the Persian Expedition Also known as: Marathon battle
Community · History Study the Persian landing, Athenian and Plataean forces, and the battle near Marathon, separating the military episode from later running legends.
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Related to Miltiades 80% Athenian commander
Athenian commander in “Marathon, 490 BCE: Athens Meets the Persian Expedition”. Miltiades, also known as Miltiades the Younger, was an Athenian general and statesman known mostly for his role in the Battle of Marathon, as well as for his downfall afterwards.
Related to Datis 80% Persian commander
Persian commander in “Marathon, 490 BCE: Athens Meets the Persian Expedition”. Datis or Datus was a Median noble and admiral who served the Persian Empire during the reign of Darius the Great. He is known for his role in leading the Persian amphibious expedition against Greece in 490 BC during the Greco-Persian Wars.
Related to Artaphernes (nephew of Darius I) 80% Persian commander
Persian commander in “Marathon, 490 BCE: Athens Meets the Persian Expedition”. Artaphernes, son of Artaphernes, was the nephew of Darius the Great, and a general of the Achaemenid Empire.
Related to Darius the Great 80% Ordered expedition
Ordered expedition in “Marathon, 490 BCE: Athens Meets the Persian Expedition”. Darius I, commonly known as Darius the Great, was the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE.
Related to Plataea 80% Athenian ally
Athenian ally in “Marathon, 490 BCE: Athens Meets the Persian Expedition”. Plataea or Plataeae 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.
Related to Hippias (tyrant) 80% Persian-backed exile
Persian-backed exile in “Marathon, 490 BCE: Athens Meets the Persian Expedition”. Hippias was the last tyrant of Athens, ruling from 527 to 510 BC. He was one of the Peisistratids, a group of tyrants from the same family in ancient Greece.
Related to First Persian invasion of Greece 80% Wider campaign
Wider campaign in “Marathon, 490 BCE: Athens Meets the Persian Expedition”. 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.
Related to Pheidippides 80% Runner tradition
Runner tradition in “Marathon, 490 BCE: Athens Meets the Persian Expedition”. Pheidippides or Philippides (Φιλιππίδης) was a 5th-century-BC Athenian running courier who was the central figure in the story that inspired the marathon race.
Related to Marathon, Greece 80% Battle location
Battle location in “Marathon, 490 BCE: Athens Meets the Persian Expedition”. Marathon is a town in Greece and the site of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE, in which the outnumbered Athenian army defeated the Persians.