490 BCE battle in the Greco-Persian wars
Documented facts
- Date
- 12 September 490 BCE (Julian)
- Precision
- Day
- Referenced location
- Marathon
- Source coordinates
- 38.1181°, 23.9783°
- Part of
- First Persian invasion of Greece
Referenced participants
Documented participation does not establish opposing sides. Alliances absent from the sources are not reconstructed.
People and command
- Datis — documented command · Source ↗
- Artaphernes — documented command · Source ↗
- Hippias — documented command · Source ↗
- Miltiades — documented command · Source ↗
- Callimachus — documented command · Source ↗
- Aristides — documented command · Source ↗
- Xanthippus — documented command · Source ↗
- Themistocles — documented command · Source ↗
- Cynaegirus — documented command · Source ↗
- Arimnestos — documented command · Source ↗
- Datis — documented participation · Source ↗
- Artaphernes — documented participation · Source ↗
- Callimachus — documented participation · Source ↗
- Aristides — documented participation · Source ↗
- Cynaegirus — documented participation · Source ↗
- Arimnestos — documented participation · Source ↗
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