The Battle of Marathon, a pivotal event in ancient Greek history, took place in 490 BCE. It marked a significant confrontation between the Athenians and their allies, led by the brilliant tactician Miltiades, and the Persian Empire, commanded by King Darius I. The Greeks faced overwhelming odds, with the Persians vastly outnumbering them, but through strategic prowess and the remarkable speed and stamina of the Athenian hoplites, they emerged victorious. This hard-fought battle is remembered not only for the Greek victory but also for the legendary marathon run, as a messenger ran over 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to bring the news of the triumph. The Battle of Marathon became a symbol of Greek tenacity, freedom, and the enduring power of a united front in the face of formidable foes, leaving an indelible mark on Greek history and its collective identity.
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Thank you AHG. If anyone's interested in Classical Hellenic warfare I strongly recommend Schwerpunkt's videos series. It would be nice to see a coop between various channels with such great potential
Great video
600,000 is overkill 26,000 seems like a plausible number if the Persians only had a majority of that number already landed and if they were only Light Infantry then it would be open season for the Greeks+ the story about a one-man wrecking ship seems to me to be a over exaggeration..
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I'm not necessarily a huge fan of the modern tendency to downgrade various ancient troop/casualty estimates arbitrarily. I mean, I think 600,000 is also probably high; but sometimes the reasoning of the counter argument is just, "that seems too high" therefore "let's pick a smaller number that seems more reasonable to us".
If you have stronger evidence that contemporary or near contemporary sources, then by all means use that. But just picking another number that "seems" more reasonable isn't a strong counter argument. I'd just say that ancient estimates are "likely" over/under estimates, and leave it at that.
I say that because I've seen stuff that people who weren't there wouldn't believe, and I can see people who weren't there substituting what they "think" happened for my version, when I know damn well that it actually happened the way I told it. So if it can happen today, why not in the past too?
At Marathon the Greek Hoplites won in the long run.
20+ thousand seems a fair number for an expeditionary force
I wonder if this battle was an influence on Hannibal…
Nice Channel keep it going
Please make a t shirt with all the little characters you use for the channel set out like they do with football kits. It would be really cool. Id buy it anyway
Yesssss. Keep up the longer videos. No matter how long you make the videos, I'll watch the whole thing like and download the vid so it counts tripple in the algorithm. Keep the long videos coming. I always have videos like this as back drop to total war campaigns. Gonna go play wrath of sparta and prove the spartan myth is nothing but a myth and unite the greeks under their rightful rulers, the Athenians.
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Romans have nothing to offer except greatness with bloodshed, change the name of Hellenism to Graecoism, after copying and stealing the heart of Hellenism. Even then couldn't provide any progress but torture and bloodshed in and out of Rome just butchering, slaughtering even Christians for public show .
Unfortunately misleading and confusing Hellenic history still going on .