1 Jan 490 Jahr v. Chr. - Battle of Marathon

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“most glorious battle ever engaged in”
Force of roughly 50,000 Persian soldiers marched on Athens, captured the city of Aretria on their way. Miltiades and the Athenians defeated the Persians, their first defeat in decades.

Related terms: Pheidippides, Miltiades, hoplites, marathonomachoi (μαραθωνομάχοι)

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