August 490 BC Strategic Context After the failures of an expedition in 492 BC and diplomacy the following year Darius of Persia invades Greece in 490 BC A Persian rearguard encamps on the plain of Marathon while the main force threatens Athens by sea Former Athenian tyrant Hippias ac ID: 543406
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