[DOC] [TLE] History Part 2 Flashcards | Quizlet [PAR] A village and plain of ancient Greece northeast of Athens. It was the site of a 
major Athenian victory over the Persians in 490 bc .. Xerxes. King of Persia (486-
465) who organized a vast army that defeated the Greeks at Thermopylae. [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Marathon - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC, during the first Persian invasion of 
Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, and a 
Persian ... Once the Ionian revolt was finally crushed by the Persian victory at the 
Battle of Lade ..... Herodotus does not give a figure for the size of the Athenian 
army. [DOC] [TLE] Page 1 Battle of Marathon (490 B.C.) The Persian king Darius I sent ... [PAR] The Greek's victory over the Persian invaders gave the early. Greek city-states ... 
armies met on the Plain of Marathon twenty-six miles north of Athens. The flat... [DOC] [TLE] Marathon | Define Marathon at Dictionary.com [PAR] Marathon definition, a foot race over a course measuring 26 mi. ... (42-km) run 
from Marathon to Athens to carry news of the Greek victory over the Persians in 
490 b.c. ... a plain in SE Greece, in Attica: the Athenians defeated the Persians 
here 490 ... a plain in Attica northeast of Athens: site of a victory of the Athenians 
and... [DOC] [TLE] July 17, 2001 - The New York Times [PAR] Jul 17, 2001 ... Their adversaries this time are not invading Persians, as in 490 B.C., ... "to join in 
the effort to preserve this important historic and natural site. ... On Marathon Plain, 
northeast of Athens, Athenian soldiers fought off the Persian ... miles to Athens 
and delivered the news of the victory before dying of exhaustion. [DOC] [TLE] Pheidippides' Heroic Journey [Central Greece and Attica] - Hellenic ... [PAR] The Athenian Pheidippides did run an impressive distance in ancient times, ... 
fellow Athenians their great victory (in 490 Be) over the Persian forces on the 
plain of Marathon, ... is seen at the marathon route in the port of Rafina, northeast 
of Athens. ... to Athens to announce the Greek victory over Persian invaders in 
490 BC. [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about ANCIENT HISTORY - StudyStack [PAR] THIS ANCIENT GREEK TOWN ON MOUNT PARNASSUS WAS THE SITE OF A 
FAMOUS ..... THIS PLAIN NORTHEAST OF ATHENS WAS THE SITE OF THE 
ATHENIAN'S VICTORY OVER THE PERSIAN ARMY IN 490 B.C., MARATHON. [DOC] [TLE] Whoosh! Episode Guide: ONE AGAINST AN ARMY [PAR] Feb 18, 1999 ... Xena must hold off an entire Persian army single-handed---and also tend ... She 
throws Gabrielle over her shoulder and carries her up a ladder to a loft. .... of 
Marathon (490 BC), a decisive Athenian victory during the Persian Wars. ... The 
Battle of Marathon, fought in 490 BC on a plain northeast of Athens,... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Marathon - September 490 BC [PAR] 22 miles or 35 kilometers northeast of Athens, on the north-eastern coast of Attica
. ... Persians drive Athens' center back over the plain and up the valley, Athens' 
wings ... Soldiers Who Fought in the Battle of Marathon. Athens. Persia. The 
Greek ... that tipped the scales, thus Athens attacked first and brought home a 
victory. [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Marathon - Ancient History - HISTORY.com [PAR] Website Name ... The battle waged on the Marathon plain of northeastern Attica 
in 490 B.C. marked the ... With the Persians closing in on the Greek capitol, 
Athenian general Miltiades assumed command of the hastily assembled army. ... 
The victory of the Marathon men captured the collective imagination of the 
Greeks,... [DOC] [TLE] Marathoners - definition of marathoners by The Free Dictionary [PAR] A village and plain of ancient Greece northeast of Athens. It was the site of a 
major Athenian victory over the Persians in 490 bc. [DOC] [TLE] Word Information - search results for: marathon [PAR] Marathon was a small village on a small plain, or a treeless area of land on the

Question: This plain northeast of Athens was the site of the Athenians' victory over the Persian army in 490 B.C.
Answer: Marathon