At the Battle of Marathon, the Ionian Greeks rebelled against the Persian rule. The Persians greatly outnumbered the Athenians. The Persians conquered a huge empire stretching Asia Minor to the border of Asia. The Persians crushed the rebelling cities. Ionian Greeks rebelled against the Persian rule. Athenians won. The mighty Persian army landed near Marathon, a plain north of Athens. Persians rained arrows on the rebels. Athenians asked for help from neighboring Greek city-states, but received little help. Athenians and Greeks had few horseback soldiers archers. Greeks broke through Persian archer line and engaged in hand-to-hand combat. Overwhelmed by the fury of the assault, the Persians hastily retreated to their ships . Athenians celebrated triumph. Themistocles, leaders of the Athenians, knew the victory had only bought a temporary lull in the fighting.
The Battle of Marathon was a battle that is one of the most famous battles in history. They defeated all the persians. A persian armada of 600 ships disgorged an invasion. Approximately 20,000 infantry and cavalry on Greek soil just north of athens . Miltiades arranges the Greek line of battle so that it stretches the length of the opposing . The persians attackathens they line about a mile wide. The persians sailed round Sunium but the athenians with all possible speed marched away to the defend of their city and succeeded in reaching athens. The barbarian fleet arrived and lay to off phalerum. Two armies fought together to defeat Persians. Miltiades by these words gained Callimachus; and the addition of the Polemarch’s vote caused the decision to be in favor of fighting.'" The Persians outnumbered the athenians they had way more soldiers . Ionian Greek rebelled against the Persians rule.