Show Victory Made History on Plain of Marathon The ancient Marathon w Was town on the a rasp Ia eastern tern coast conn coa t of It I about 20 O tulles miles northeast AtU AlUra of of ot Athel There is a modern Ml village name but the site rite of ag of the hs the a ancient athon is occupied liar now II bT by g a called Ion foss Along with Ing towns the old Marathon to an un ancient lan league 4 the This league claimed I Iery very ery early orl origin ln legend carr a carrying back to the tI time It me of rhe eus a and 4 It survived survival until after the tile Fourth ten ten- tury n. n C C. C The plain of Marathon Is s famous ns us the scene rene of the decisive he battle Ia 10 which Miltiades led Ild the Alton Athenians Athenian and Plateaus to victory over the un of or Darius under command of pails Dati and In Ii H. H C C. The Th Greeks numbered about while the Persians had a n much larger force larva Hut But the ln aders were put utterly to rout with heavy hen loss white while the tie Greeks lost only men The Tine great Irani mound in which the remains of these there dead were placed h is still conspicuous on the plain The battle turned b bast bac rt the eastern Invasion of Europe and oDd saved Athens and according to tra tra- saved Athens and according to tra tre tradition a n Greek freek runner sped without stopping from Marathon to Athens bearing the tidings of victory |