Battle of Marathon
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- Battle of Marathon
- 10 generals split as what to do and then Miltiades took charge of the attack
- Persian aimed for Athens to restore Hippias to power
- Hippias advised Persians to land at Bay of Marathon
- Athenians chose to meet them at bay rather than city siege
- Persian aimed for Athens to restore Hippias to power
- 9000 Athenians and 600 Plateau took position on high ground
- Persian army starts at 25000
- Athenians didn't want to fight on open plains
- 1m distance between them walked and ran last 200 metres
- Persians taken by surprise- weren't expecting such determination
- Persians disciplined retreat to ships but they lost 6400 men (only 192 greeks lost)
- Athenians had a weak middle but strong flanks, flanks were successful and swallowed the immortals
- Unexpected victory
- Archeological evidence (not mentioned by Heroditus)- persian arrowheads at the british museum
- Miltiades Speech
- all future generations a memory more glorious
- first city of Greece
- our country will be free
- Heroditus
- Good
- explains details of persian retreat
- well explained the layout of the Athenians
- General names and actions right and explained
- Bad
- states Athenians ran when it is highly unlikely
- describes a phantom which is unlikely
- leaves out geogrpahy
- brief description on time
- Good
- Key Heroditus Quotes
- centre was only a few ranks deep
- battle length was equal in length to the persians
- were charging at a run without the support of a cavalry or archers
- Athenians captured seven ships
- 10 generals split as what to do and then Miltiades took charge of the attack
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