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What is also known as the Marathon Battle?

How is it known for sure that the Athenians won the battle of Marathon?

  • What evidence is there? I keep reading information about the battle of marathon but can't find sources that explain how people got that information.

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    I KNEW IT!!! These evil and sneaky Greeks are trying to convince the world the past 2500 years that they won, while in fact they lost to the Persians. You see what really happened that day was that after the Persians completely and utterly destroyed the Athenian Army they congratulated themselves on a job well done, they went back home leaving about 7000 men dead, to the 192 Athenians and 11 Plataeans. So after they left these lying Athenians claimed that they won, see, but since they were no Persians around the truth was never told, until now. Of course the Persians, gentlemen, as they were never contested the Athenian lie, but instead they build and other bigger army and went to invade Greece again. The truth is coming out see...

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It is reported that the Athenians of that time received this news from Pheidippides, an Athenian soldier/messenger who ran the forty kilometres from the battle site to Athens with the news. This unfortunate young man then dropped dead. Before the battle he had also run from Athens to Sparta (240 kilometres) to ask for support. The Olympic Marathon is based on his Marathon/Athens feat, and the Spartathlon is run each year from Athens to Sparta to commemorate his run. The poet Robert Browning wrote a poem describing the run of Pheidippides from Marathon to Athens. There are also accounts about the run from Marathon which attribute this feat to Thersippus.

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That knowledge was brought down to us by word of mouth, so that you can come today and contest its existence and its truth. Kimon gave you a humorous approach to the fact, while S.P.M. gave you the full historic version. You can choose your pick. If your problem was where to look, so you can find information about it, have a brief look on the link below

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