Battle of Marathon site

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archaeological site historic battlefield

The Battle of Marathon site is the historic battlefield in Greece where Athenian forces defeated a larger Persian army in 490 BCE, a pivotal event in the Greco-Persian Wars.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
plain of Marathon	3
ancient city of Marathon	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ historic battlefield ⓘ
associatedConflict	First Persian invasion of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Greco-Persian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialSiteOf	Athenian hoplites fallen at Marathon ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
dateOfMajorEvent	490 BCE ⓘ
distanceFrom	approximately 40 kilometers northeast of Athens ⓘ
eventOccurredHere	Battle of Marathon NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	Hellenic Ministry of Culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAccess	road access from Athens ⓘ
hasCoordinateRegion	eastern Attica ⓘ
hasLandscapeType	agricultural plain ⓘ
hasMemorial	Marathon Tumulus of the Athenians NERFINISHED ⓘ Soros mound ⓘ
hasNearbyMuseum	Marathon Archaeological Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasViewOf	Marathon plain NERFINISHED ⓘ surrounding mountains of northeastern Attica ⓘ
heritageDesignation	protected archaeological site of Greece ⓘ
languageOfLocalToponym	Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Attica ⓘ Greece ⓘ Marathon NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorBelligerentAtSite	Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Classical Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody	Aegean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Bay of Marathon NERFINISHED ⓘ
outcomeOfMajorEvent	Athenian victory ⓘ
partOf	Marathon plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentDayMunicipality	Municipality of Marathon NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedConcept	Marathon run legend ⓘ Pheidippides NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	important site in military history ⓘ symbol of Greek resistance to Persia ⓘ turning point in Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ
strategicFeature	coastal plain ⓘ marshland ⓘ surrounding hills ⓘ
timePeriodOfMainUse	Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourismType	battlefield tourism destination ⓘ cultural heritage site ⓘ
visitedFor	archaeological interest ⓘ commemoration of the Battle of Marathon ⓘ historical education ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Attica peninsula → containsBattlefield → Battle of Marathon site ⓘ

Marathon tumulus → locatedNear → Battle of Marathon site ⓘ

this entity surface form: plain of Marathon

Archaeological Museum of Marathon → mainSubject → Battle of Marathon site ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient city of Marathon

Nea Makri → locatedOn → Battle of Marathon site ⓘ

this entity surface form: plain of Marathon

Pentelic quarries → nearbyFeature → Battle of Marathon site ⓘ

this entity surface form: plain of Marathon