Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Invasion of 490 BC
- Battle of marathon
- First invasion of Greece by Persia
- Persian army count: 25,000 +
- Greek army count: 11,000
- Persians Lightly armoured- robes, wicker shields
- Greeks- heavily armoured
- Greeks used phalanx formations
- Persians lacked knowledge strategically
- Persian lacked strength across line leading to defeat on the battlefield.
- Greeks took advantage of weak Persian wings and attacked.