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1. The Battle of Marathon, 490 B.C.

Published by Wesley on September 28, 2022
The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World
The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World
1. The Battle of Marathon, 490 B.C.
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“The day of Marathon….broke forever the spell of Persian invincibility, which had paralyzed men’s minds. It generated among the Greeks the spirit which beat back Xerxes and afterwards led on Xenephon, Agesilaus and Alexander in terrible retaliation through their Asiatic campaigns. It secured for mankind the intellectual treasures of Athens, the growth of free institutions, the liberal enlightenment of the western wold and the gradual ascendancy for many ages of the great principles of European civilization.” – Creasy