The Battle of Marathon In 490 BC During the First Persian Invasion of Greece

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By Heady Delpak

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The Battle of Marathon was fought in August or September 490 BC during the Persian Wars (498 BC–448 BC) between Greece and the Persian Empire. Following Greek support for an uprising in Ionia (a coastal area in modern-day western Turkey), Darius I, emperor of the Persian Empire dispatched forces west to inflict retribution on those Greek city-states that had aided the rebels. After a failed naval expedition in 492 BC, Darius sent a second army two years later.

The Battle of Marathon In 490 BC During the First Persian Invasion of Greece