The Battle of Marathon

The Persian King Darius I launched an invasion of Greece in 490 BC, but his army was turned back by the much smaller Athenian army at Marathon. News of the victory was brought to Athens by a messenger who ran all twenty-five miles, a feat celebrated today by the Marathon road race.

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