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The first Persian invasion of Greece is a historical event having occurred from 492 BC to 490 BC, as part of the Greco-Persian Wars.It ended with a decisive Athenian-led victory over the Achaemenid Empire during the Battle of Marathon.
The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes. The battle was the culmination of the first attempt by Persia under King Darius I to subjugate Greece.
The first Persian invasion of Greece began in 492 BC, with the Persian general Mardonius successfully re-subjugating Thrace and Macedon before several mishaps forced an early end to the rest of the campaign. [3] In 490 BC a second force was sent to Greece, this time across the Aegean Sea, under the command of Datis and Artaphernes.
After the battle, the remaining Persians fled to their ships, picked up the Eretrians from Aegilia, [41] and then sailed back to Asia Minor, thereby ending the campaign, and the first Persian invasion of Greece. [42] When the Persian fleet arrived in Asia Minor, Datis and Artaphernes took the Eretrians before Darius in Susa. [43]
Moreover, seeing that the myriad city states of Greece posed a continued threat to the stability of his Empire, according to Herodotus, Darius decided to conquer the whole of Greece. In 492 BC, the first Persian invasion of Greece, the next phase of the Greco-Persian Wars, began as a direct consequence of the Ionian Revolt.
During the first Persian invasion of Greece, he fought at the Battle of Marathon [3] (490 BC), and may have been one of the ten Athenian strategoi (generals) in that battle. In the years after Marathon, and in the run-up to the second Persian invasion of 480–479 BC, Themistocles became the most prominent politician in Athens.
Other pro-Persian Forces 498 BC 493 BC Latin War (498–493 BC) Roman Republic: Latin League: 492 BC 490 BC First Persian invasion of Greece Part of the Persian Wars: Persia: Ionia Aeolis Doris Caria Athens Eretria Cyprus: 484 BC 484 BC Babylonian revolts (484 BC) Achaemenid Empire: Babylonian Cities 480 BC 479 BC Second Persian invasion of Greece
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