jun 1, 490 BC - Battle of Marathon
Description:
Persians: admiral Datis and Artaphernes IIvs.
Forces from Athens
led notably by Miltiádes and
other generals, with further
troops from the city of Plataia
Resulted in Persians being pushed back into
the bay and surrounding marshes by the Greek hoplites, where their ships burned while they fled
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Date:
jun 1, 490 BC
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~ 2517 years ago