CIVILIZATION
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Question
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Persia because they had more soldiers
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Athens because they caught the Persians when they weren’t ready
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Athens because of their strong Navy
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Persia because then outnumbered the Athenians
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Detailed explanation-1: -Miltiades the Younger, (born c. 554 bc, Athens [Greece]-died probably 489 bc, Athens), Athenian general who led Athenian forces to victory over the Persians at the Battle of Marathon in 490.
Detailed explanation-2: -Miltiades weakened the center of his outnumbered force to strengthen its wings, causing confusion among the invading Persians. His strategy was victorious over the Persians’ strength, and the victory of “the Marathon men” captured the collective imagination of the Greeks.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, where an Athenian-led Greek force defeated a Persian invasion, is one of the most decisive battles in Antiquity and has been studied for centuries. It is famed as a triumph of the Greek hoplite heavy infantry phalanx against massively superior Persian numbers.