THE BATTLE OF MARATHON

THE BEGINNING

• 490 BC battle began
• Persians landed at the bay of marathom
• Phidippides ran immediatly for help 140 miles to reach sparta

THE BATTLE

• The Athenians had around 10,000 and the Persians had an estimated 25,000 infantry
• The Athenians did not recieve help from Sparta
• The Persian center was having domination of the Greeks center
• To counter that the Greeks chose stronger flanks which worked towards the center

STRATEGIES

• The Greeks attempted to close the Persians in marathon
• The Persians wore light armor
• The Athenians countered the light armor by a defensive position

THE AFTERMATH

• Persians retreated due to panic in there center
• Athenians pressed and claimed 7 of the Persian ships
• Athenians angered the heir to Persian throne Xerxes I
• Decisive battle kept Persians away for 10 years
• Darius died during his attempt to increase an army to attack

TO BE CONTINUED..

• Xerxes I had a servant remind him, of his hate for Greece
• Continued his fathers growth of an army to kill Greece
• Would continue the seige 10 years later