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Marathon 490 BC - The First Persian Invasion of Greece

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - Ancients (Up to 500 A.D.)

Last Stocked on 2/14/2024

Product Info

Title
Marathon 490 BC - The First Persian Invasion of Greece
Publisher
Category
Author
Nicholas Sekunda
Publish Year
2002
Pages
96
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147407967
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM108
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM108

Description

The story of the Marathon campaign is an epic of the Ancient World. When the Ionian Greeks revolted against their Persian overlords in 499BC, the cities of Athens and Eretria came to their aid. The Persian King Darius swore vengeance and in 490BC a fleet of 600 ships packed with troops was sent to take revenge on the Athenians. At Marathon the Greeks met the Persians in battle and drove them in rout back to their ships. The moral effect of this victory was enormous – for the first time a Greek army had defeated the Persians and demonstrated the superiority of hoplite tactics