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∙ 11y agoHe delivered the message and then promptly collapsed and died on the spot due to fatigue.
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∙ 11y agoThe sending of a messenger from Marathon to Athens, announcing the defeat of the Persian army in the battle that took place.
The message he gave to Athens was to convert the anti-Persian Delian League into an empire of Athens and use the proceeds to spend on themselves. A no-brainer.
Greece was dominated by Athens after the Persian wars.
The Persians would have won if Sparta and Athens had not united to fight the Persian Army
It is because in ancient Greece, a messenger from Marathon, Greece, had to deliver a message to Athens, Greece, so he ran 26.2 miles to get there, then dropped dead before he could deliver the message to the king.The original Marathon was during an ancient Greek war. A messenger delivered a message after running 26 miles, then died.
Persian Empire
Contrast the results of the Persian and Peloponnesian war with regards to Athens greece
Contrast the results of the Persian and Peloponnesian war with regards to Athens Greece
The Athens messenger is a multi-media news facility that prints and publishes the news in Athens County, Ohio. Their coverage area includes all of Athens County, Ohio University, and Hawking College.
By the Persian king Xerxes.
The Persian Empire .
Athens.