09-14-2010, 12:19 AM
September 12, 490 BC (Or August 12): The Battle of Marathon takes places between the Greek and Persian armies. The Persians under Darius I attemtep their first invasion of Europe after they defeated the Ionian revolt at the Battle of Lade (492 BC), and wished to punish Athens for supporting the rebels. In 491 BC, Darius sent a force under Mardonius, which re-conquered Thrace and compelled Alexander I of Macedon to make Macedon a client kingdom to Persia. Next year, the Persians sailed down the coast of Attica, and landed at the bay of Marathon. The Athenian army confronted the Persians in a stalemate, waiting for Spartan reinforcements, but aided by the full muster of 1,000 hoplites from the small city of Plataea. After 5 days, the Greeks attacked and routed the Persians in a fierce battle.
The Athenians then quickly marched back to Athens to successfully prevent the Persian fleet doing harm to their undefended city. The Persian fleet sailed home before the Spartan army arrived, a day too late.
September 12, 413 AD: Death of Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint
September 12, 1185 AD: Death of Andronikos I Komnenos, Roman emperor (b. 1118).
The Athenians then quickly marched back to Athens to successfully prevent the Persian fleet doing harm to their undefended city. The Persian fleet sailed home before the Spartan army arrived, a day too late.
September 12, 413 AD: Death of Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint
September 12, 1185 AD: Death of Andronikos I Komnenos, Roman emperor (b. 1118).
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
