02.1 The Battle of Marathon 490 BC, Part 1
A History of Europe, Key Battles
Carl Rylett
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🗓️ 12 January 2014
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
In 490 BC the Ancient Greeks of Athens fought for their very survival and for their way of life against the Persian Empire. It is important because the Greeks were to help build the foundations of European civilisation
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| 0:29.0 | Place must be 18 or over. Marathon races today are popular throughout the world. Over 500 are held in various cities and locations each year, some of them with tens of thousands |
| 0:55.7 | of participants. This run of just over 26 miles was also one of the events of the first |
| 1:02.2 | modern Olympic Games of 1896, held in Greece. Its origin is the commemoration of a runner involved |
| 1:10.7 | in the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, the topic of our first key battle between the ancient Greeks and the Persians. |
| 1:21.0 | Welcome to A History of Europe Key Battles, the Battle of Marathon, Part 1 of 2. |
| 1:30.6 | One morning in late summer 490 BC, an army of about 9,000 Athenians, with 1,000 allies from Plataea, woke early, |
| 1:40.3 | to the news that the mighty Persian foe were heading their way. |
| 1:44.4 | The navy of the mightiest empire in the world had landed some 26 miles from Athens. |
| 1:50.3 | After days of standoff, the fight was on. |
| 1:53.9 | For the Greeks, this was a fight for survival. |
| 1:56.8 | Little could they have known that much more than that was at stake. |
| 2:00.3 | In the words of Hegel, quote, |
| 2:02.5 | the interest of the whole world's history hung trembling in the balance, unquote. |
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