Marathon plain

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Marathon plain is a historic coastal plain in eastern Attica, Greece, best known as the site of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Marathon plain canonical 5

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal plain ⓘ
historical geographic region ⓘ
administrativeRegion East Attica regional unit ⓘ
ancientRegion deme of Marathon ⓘ
archaeologicalImportance Classical period remains ⓘ
burial mounds from Battle of Marathon ⓘ
associatedWith Athenian army ⓘ
Herodotus ⓘ
Miltiades the Younger ⓘ
surface form: Miltiades

Persian army ⓘ
battleDate 490 BC ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
culturalSignificance origin of the marathon race legend ⓘ
symbol of Greek resistance to Persia ⓘ
distanceToAthens about 40 km northeast of Athens ⓘ
etymology named after the ancient town of Marathon ⓘ
hasLandUse farming ⓘ
residential development ⓘ
hasMonument Marathon tumulus ⓘ
surface form: Marathon Tumulus (Soros of the Plataeans)

Marathon tumulus ⓘ
surface form: Tumulus of the Athenians
hasNearbyFeature Marathon Bay ⓘ
Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
Schinias Marsh ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Schinias National Park ⓘ
hasSettlement Marathon ⓘ
historicalEvent Battle of Marathon ⓘ
historicalPeriod Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Marathon ⓘ
site of Battle of Marathon in 490 BC ⓘ
locatedIn Attica ⓘ
East Attica regional unit ⓘ
surface form: eastern Attica
locatedInTime Classical Greece ⓘ
locatedNear Aegean Sea ⓘ
modernUse recreation and sports events ⓘ
nearestMajorCity Athens ⓘ
partOf Attica peninsula ⓘ
relatedMyth legend of the runner from Marathon to Athens ⓘ
strategicImportance defensive position for Athens in antiquity ⓘ
terrainFeature coastal ⓘ
flat ⓘ
tourism archaeological site ⓘ
historical tourism destination ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
waterFeature streams and marshes near the coast ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marathon → locatedOn → Marathon plain ⓘ
Pentelikon → overlooks → Marathon plain ⓘ
Municipality of Marathon → contains → Marathon plain ⓘ
Agios Stefanos, Attica → locatedNear → Marathon plain ⓘ