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The defeat at Marathon barely touched the vast resources of the Persian empire, yet for the Greeks it was an enormously significant victory.
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The defeat at Marathon marked the end of the first Persian invasion of Greece, and the Persian force retreated to Asia.
Still further, defeat at Marathon would mean the complete defeat of Athens, since no other Athenian army existed.
Determined to punish Athens for supporting a revolt by conquered Greek cities in Asia Minor, King Darius I sent several armies against them, only to have his plans first thwarted by a storm and later by a defeat at the Battle of Marathon.
The defeat at Marathon marked the end of the first Persian invasion of Greece.
After becoming aware of the Persian defeat at the Battle of Marathon, Darius began planning another expedition against the Greek-city states ; this time, he, not Datis, would command the imperial armies.
* 490 Themistocles and Miltiades, Athenians, defeat Darius at Marathon, Phidippides runs with news
Ceans had participated in the defeat of the Persians at the Battle of Salamis and they could take pride in the fact that an elegy composed by Bacchylides's uncle was chosen by Athens to commemorate the Athenians who fell at the Battle of Marathon.
* Xerxes I of Persia is encouraged by his cousin and brother-in-law, Mardonius, supported by a strong party of exiled Greeks, to take revenge for the defeat that Darius I suffered at the hands of the Greeks at Marathon in 490 BC.
Although Mycale was in every sense a decisive victory, it does not seem to have been attributed the same significance ( even at the time ) as, for example the Athenian victory at the Battle of Marathon or even the Greek defeat at Thermopylae.
At the Battle of Marathon, in 490 BC, the Persians took little heed of a primarily hoplitic army, resulting in their defeat.
The Persian invasion was a delayed response to the defeat of the first Persian invasion of Greece, which had been ended by the Athenian victory at the Battle of Marathon.
Although Plataea was in every sense a resounding victory, it does not seem to have been attributed the same significance ( even at the time ) as, for example, the Athenian victory at the Battle of Marathon or even the Allied defeat at Thermopylae.
Examples include the defeat of the Persians at Marathon, Persian defeat at Arbela, the defeat of Hasdrubal at Metaurus, Attila the Hun's defeat at Chalons, Charles Martel's defeat of the Moors at Tours.
Xerxes I of Persia leads a vast army of soldiers into Europe to defeat the small city-states of Greece, not only to fulfill the idea of " one world ruled by one master ", but also to avenge the defeat of his father at the Battle of Marathon ten years before.
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* 48 BC – Battle of Dyrrhachium: Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia.
He then returned east, to challenge Pompey in Greece where in July 48 BC at Dyrrhachium Caesar barely avoided a catastrophic defeat.
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* Book 4: War against Normans ( 1081-1082 ) ( Robert Guiscard besieges Dyrrhachium-Venetian allies defeat Normans — Alexius arrives with his army — Normans win the Battle of Dyrrhachium, Alexius barely escapes )
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