Battle of Marathon
490 BCE
Athens and Plataea defeat the first Persian invasion of Greece.
- Type
- Battle
- Date
- 490 BCE
- Place
- Greece
Who was alive during Battle of Marathon
- Laozi c. 571–c. 471 BCE, philosopher
- Xenophanes c. 570–c. 478 BCE, philosopher
- Gautama Buddha c. 563–c. 483 BCE, spiritual leader
- Confucius 551–479 BCE, philosopher
- Darius the Great 550–486 BCE, king
- Leonidas I c. 540–480 BCE, king
- Heraclitus c. 535–c. 475 BCE, philosopher
- Aeschylus c. 525–c. 456 BCE, playwright
- Themistocles c. 524–459 BCE, statesman
- Xerxes I c. 518–465 BCE, king
- Parmenides Born c. 515 BCE, philosopher
- Sophocles c. 497–c. 406 BCE, playwright
- Pericles c. 495–429 BCE, statesman
- Protagoras c. 490–c. 420 BCE, philosopher