Battle of Marathon

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battle military conflict

The Battle of Marathon was a pivotal 490 BCE clash in the Greco-Persian Wars where outnumbered Greek forces halted a major Persian invasion, becoming a symbol of Athenian courage and military skill.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Marathon canonical	28

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
aftermath	Marathon tumulus ⓘ surface form: Athens built the Marathon Tumulus for the fallen Persian forces withdrew from Attica ⓘ
alliedState	Plataea ⓘ
associatedWith	Athenian civic identity ⓘ Athenian democracy ⓘ
belligerent	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Achaemenid Persian Empire Athenian city-state ⓘ Plataean city-state ⓘ
campaignObjectiveGreek	defense of Attica ⓘ
campaignObjectivePersian	subjugation of Athens ⓘ
combatantStrengthGreek	approximately 10,000–11,000 hoplites ⓘ
combatantStrengthPersian	significantly larger Persian force ⓘ
commander	Artaphernes ⓘ surface form: Artaphernes (Persian general) Callimachus of Aphidnae ⓘ Datis ⓘ Miltiades the Younger ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Marathon tumulus ⓘ surface form: Marathon tumulus (Soros) for Athenian dead inscriptions and monuments in Athens ⓘ
conflict	Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ surface form: First Persian invasion of Greece
date	490 BCE ⓘ
GreekCasualties	around 11 Plataeans killed ⓘ around 192 Athenians killed ⓘ
historicalSource	Herodotus ⓘ
legacy	enduring symbol in Western military history ⓘ inspiration for later Greek resistance to Persia ⓘ
location	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece Attica ⓘ Marathon ⓘ
opponentEmpire	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Achaemenid Empire of Darius I
partOf	Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ
patronState	Athens ⓘ
PersianCasualties	several thousand Persians killed ⓘ
relatedEvent	Battle of Plataea ⓘ Battle of Salamis ⓘ Battle of Thermopylae ⓘ
result	Persian invasion of Attica repelled ⓘ decisive Greek victory ⓘ
rulerOfPersianEmpireAtTime	Darius I of Persia ⓘ
strategicSignificance	boosted Athenian prestige in the Greek world ⓘ demonstrated effectiveness of hoplite phalanx against Persian forces ⓘ halted first major Persian attempt to conquer mainland Greece ⓘ
symbolism	symbol of Athenian courage ⓘ symbol of Greek resistance to Persia ⓘ
tacticalFeature	Greek double-envelopment maneuver ⓘ use of hoplite phalanx ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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

Athenian army → foughtIn → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Treasury of the Athenians → commemorates → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Treasury of the Athenians → builtAfter → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Classical Greece → hasNotableEvent → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

works of Herodotus → coversEvent → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

subject surface form: Histories

Darius I of Persia → battle → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Greco-Persian Wars → hasPart → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Marathon → knownFor → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Marathon → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Themistocles → participatedIn → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Athenian Treasury → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Miltiades the Younger → participatedIn → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Pan (Greek god) → worshipIntroducedToAthensAfter → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

subject surface form: Pan

Persian army → notableBattle → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Ionian Revolt → chronologicallyPrecedes → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Marathon plain → knownFor → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Marathon plain → historicalEvent → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Marathon tumulus → commemorates → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Archaeological Museum of Marathon → mainSubject → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Histories → coversEvent → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Plataean army → participatedIn → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Aristides the Just → participatedIn → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Philaidae family → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Athenians → participatedIn → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Life of Themistocles → focusesOnEvent → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Marathon County, Wisconsin → namedAfter → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Datis → participatedIn → Battle of Marathon ⓘ

Callimachus of Aphidnae → participatedIn → Battle of Marathon ⓘ