Though outnumbered 2 to 1, Miltiades' forces managed to kill almost one quarter of the invading Persian forces.
Though outnumbered 2 to 1, Miltiades' forces managed to kill almost one quarter of the invading Persian forces. The Greek and Persian armies spent the first 8 days of the battle in a stalemate, though on the ninth the Greeks drove the main Persian army back to the sea, marched back to Athens and routed the secondary Persian army there as well. Though the modern version has been mangled from the original story, For ten points, identify this 490  BCE battle that involved Phidippides' run from the namesake battlefield to Athens.
Though outnumbered 2 to 1, Miltiades' forces managed to kill almost one quarter of the invading Persian forces.
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