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Persian Wars against Greece - the West

General Miltiades

Battle of Marathon 490 BC


541 posted on 01/04/2005 2:40:57 PM PST by eleni121 (4 more years and then 4 more again)
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Apparently Callimachus was in command of the Athenian forces at Marathon, but he was killed in the battle, and Miltiades managed to get most of the credit for the victory.


548 posted on 01/07/2005 9:14:55 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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