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The Battle of Marathon was a very important battle that was fought in the first Greco-Persian war. It was fought in either August or September of the year 492 B.C.E. The battle was between the Persians and a few city-states from Greece. The Persians were attacking the Greeks because during the expansion of the Persian Empire, under the leadership of King Darius I, the people of Ionia had rebelled against Persia. Then the people of Athens offered assistance to the Ionian people, but the Persians soon put the rebellion to an end. After the Persians had ended the rebellion they were very angry that the Athenians had given assistance to the rebels so they decided that they would attack Athens. After the Persians had conquered Thrace a city-state in northern Greece they prepared to take over the rest of Greece. As they were sailing south a storm wrecked some of its ships so King Darius I was forced to send out messengers to tell the rest of Greece to submit to him. As a result of this most city-states submitted, but Athens and Sparta refused to surrender to the Persians. This act lead to the Battle of Marathon and many other battles between Greek city-states and the Persian Empire. The Persian navy landed in 492 B.C.E., on the bay of …show more content…

But the Greeks marched back to Athens in double-time to defend their beloved city, and they ended up reaching the city before the Persians did. When the Persians saw this they decided to return to Asia instead of launching another attack on the Greeks, which ended the invasion of the Persians. As a result of the battle the Greeks gained confidence in themselves and their ability to defend their country. It also showed the Persians that even though they had a bigger army they weren’t going to be able to just waltz in and take control of Greece without a

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