Now that you know about greek weapons and how the Battle of Marathon started, it's time to learn what happened. The Persians set out to Greece with 600 ships and 20,000 soldiers. Unfortunately, the Greeks only had 10,000 soldiers. That's crazy! The Persians had double the soldiers compared to the Greeks. The Persians may have had more soldiers, but the Greeks had a better strategy. The Greeks had soldiers in the middle of a valley which makes it easy for the Persians to surround them. But the Greeks didn't only have soldiers in the valley, other soldiers on the outside were waiting for the Persians to come into the valley so they could surround the Persians. So, the Greeks had a strong perimeter and were able to destroy the Persians in an epic battle. I think that was an amazing defeat because the Greeks had 10,000 while the Persians had 20,000 soldiers. As soon as the battle ended the Greeks sent there best messenger Pheidippides who ran 26 miles all the way to Athens. Pheidippides told the Athenians that the Greeks won, and then Pheidippides died. In all, the Greeks had a glorious victory. To learn more click video for and informational video, or click here to learn more.
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