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The battle of Marathon Flashcards

First Greek victory over the Persians

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1
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What is a trireme?

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A type of Greek ship

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How many ships did Darius send to attack Greece? (according to Herodotus)

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600

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How many infantry did Darius send to attack Greece?

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25,000

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4
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How many miles is Marathon from Athens?

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about 26

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When did the battle of Marathon take place?

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September 490BC

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Why was Marathon chosen?

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It was a flat plain, meaning the Persian cavalry could be disembarked

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7
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What did Datis and Artaphernes do at Naxos on the way to Marathon?

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Destroy the temples and town

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What did Datis do at Delos on the way to Marathon?

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Sacrifice to the god Apollo in an attempt to gain trust from the Greeks

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9
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Who did the Athenians send to ask Sparta for help before the battle?

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Pheidippides

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10
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What god did Pheidippides meet?

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Pan

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11
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How many generals were the Athenians commanded by?

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ten

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How far did pheidippides run from Athes to Sparta?

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150 miles

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Why did the Spartans say they couldn’t hepl the Athenians?

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It was the ninth day of the month so they were engaged in a religious festival, they could not coe until the full moon

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Who did help the Athenians?

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The Plataeans

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Why did the Plataeans decide to help?

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The Athenians had previously supported them in a dispute with their neighbours the Thebans

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16
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Who is our only nearly contemporary source for this battle?

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Herodotus

17
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The Athenian commanders were divided in their opinions of whether to fight or not.
How was the matter settled?

A

Miltiades convinced Callimachus, the polemarch or war archon, that they should fight

18
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How did the Athenian democratic system work in regards to the leadership of the generals?

A

Each was in charge for a day

19
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Who led the Greek forces?

A

Miltiades

20
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Until when did Miltiades feruse to fight?

A

His own day of leadership

21
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Who commanded the right wing?

A

Callimachus

22
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Who was on the left wing?

A

The Plataeans

23
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The Greek forces were very spread out

What effect did this have?

A

Strong wings and a weaker centre

24
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Why were the Greek forces so spread out?

A

Because the Persian forces were so wide

25
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How did the Greeks enter the battle?

A

At a run

unusual because of their heavy armour

26
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Who was better amoured, the Greek hoplites or the Persians?

A

The Greek hoplites

27
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Where did the Persians break through the Greek forces?

A

The centre

28
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How where the Persians driven down to the sea?

A

They were surrounded by the strong Greek wings

29
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What is a phalanx?

A

a rectangular formation of hoplites

30
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How deep were the Greek phalanxes?

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8 men on the wings, 4 in the centre

31
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Why were Persian archers less successful than normal?

A

The Greeks were more heavily armoured than the Persians

32
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How many Greeks ans Persians does Herodotus SAY were killed?

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192 Greeks, 6400 Persians

33
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Why is the number of Greeks killed likely to be accurate?

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The name of each man was recorded on a grave marker on the mound where they were buried

34
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How is the number of dead Persians thought to have been calculated?

A

By assuming every 3 Athenians who died killed 100 Persians

35
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Up until the battle of Marathon, which state had the Greeks turned to for military assistance?

A

Sparta

36
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Which later (by almost half a millenium) author is the existence of the mound backed up by?

A

Pausanias

37
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How might the Athenian dead of the battle have been honoured?

A

192 men in a sculptural freize on the Parthenon, a temple to the goddess Athena, at a time Greeks were just beginning to put people on their temples

38
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Why did Darius not return to attack Greece again?

A

He died

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