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Marathon

December 28, 2019February 17, 2020Categories Articles, FeaturedLeave a Comment on Marathon

Greek Hoplites on their "mad dash" towards the Persian lines. (Youtube.com) By the 490s BCE, the Persian Empire was the dominant power in the Mediterranean, having spent the past 40 years smashing smaller nations into submission. Luckily for the Greek poleis (city-states), the Persians had focused much of their energy on North Africa and the…

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