Battle of Marathon

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the date?490 BCE
2. What is the location?Marathon, Attica, Greece
3. What happened at the Battle of Marathon?The Greeks fought the Persian army near Marathon and won. The Greek hoplites used a clever plan to surprise the Persians and defeat them.
4. Why did the Persians want to attack Athens?King Darius I wanted to punish Athens and Eretria for helping the Ionians, and he wanted to expand Persian control over Greece.

Hoplite: A heavily armed infantry soldier of ancient Greece, fighting in a phalanx formation with a shield and spear.
Phalanx: A tight military formation of heavily armed infantry soldiers, characterized by overlapping shields and long spears.
Ionian Revolt: An uprising of Greek cities in Asia Minor against Persian rule, which preceded the main Persian invasion of Greece.
Satrap: The governor of a province (a satrapy) in the ancient Persian Empire, responsible for administration and taxation.