Battle of Marathon

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An Athenian and Plataean force defeats a Persian expedition on the plain of Marathon in Attica. Herodotus records that before the battle the Athenians sent the runner Pheidippides to Sparta to seek help, a journey of roughly 250 km. He records no run from Marathon to Athens afterwards. The 192 Athenian dead are cremated and buried under a mound on the plain. The day of the battle within 490 BCE is disputed in the sources, with both August and September dates argued.

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