Battle of Marathon 490 BC | Greco-Persian Wars, Episode 5

With the Ionian Revolt crushed, the Persian King Darius turns his all-seeing gaze to Greece, where the cities of Athens and Eretria stand as insults to his honour; during the Revolt, they had supported the Ionians and now Darius was looking to pay back this insult with interest.
For the first - although not the last - time, Persia prepared to invade Greece.
00:00 Intro
00:37 Persian Imperialism
02:53 The Dust Settles
06:11 Cleomenes vs Persia
10:38 Cleomenes' Demise
11:53 It Begins
14:17 Threats from Within
15:05 Facing the Invader
16:35 Stalemate
19:48 Showdown
23:37 Conclusion
25:30 Outro
Music used: (In Chronological Order)
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Impact Allegretto by Kevin MacLeod
For Originz by Kevin MacLeod
Drums of the Deep by Kevin MacLeod
Rites by Kevin MacLeod
Curse of the Scarab by Kevin MacLeod
The Descent by Kevin MacLeod
What Does Anybody Know About Anything? by Chris Zabriskie
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[@tribunateSPQR]

Great video - just finished a reread of Herodotus and was looking for a good recap of the battle! Excellent work here establishing the background as well as discussing the battle itself.

[@corn8887]

Watching this series as i go through the landmark Herodotus. These are great recaps, hopefully you get around to this series again.

[@tsioftas1]

Great series! Hoping to watch episode 6 soon!

[@CKyIe]

I love these parts in history when a small country wins against a much more powerful one.
Brilliant video, as always.

[@SinStar87]

Very nice, I'm still working through your catalogue. On a tangent, I appreciate you're maintaining the playlists, so many channels don't.

[@Serapeum]

Thanks for all your kind comments!
yeah, un-maintained playlists are a pet peeve of mine as well, so I do my best to keep them up to date. Glad you like them :)

[@thegreekguy1124]

You make top quality videos but only have 4k subscribers. You really deserve more

[@giod6266]

When is next episode coming? Looking forward to watch it!
Thank you for your work!

[@Serapeum]

Right now, the Greco-Persian Wars aren't a major priority; it's a shame, but they don't really pull many views...
But fear not! I have not forgotten this series, and I will return to it as some point!

[@bpsalami9864]

2:00 this map is a bit inaccurate. Maka (country near in modern day oman) was part of the Empire. They also ruled the Indus valley and Saka tribes, and most of the known tribes of Caucasus. "Arabia" was also their satrap, wich is usually marked near the Nefud desert.
Excellent video!

[@user-cj9mh2xy7h]

Can't wait for part 6,got really deep into it your narrative skills make it enjoyable your editing appealing humour at its finest and subject epic on it own which all combined makes nothing short of legendary work keep up loving your work.

[@Serapeum]

Focusing on Byzantium for the time being, but I will return to the Greco-Persian Wars at some point

[@user-cj9mh2xy7h]

@@Serapeum a worthy trade

[@merlinaeron3326]

banger video

[@StoicHistorian]

Love your content keep it up

[@piuscalvinus]

Nice

[@thegreekguy1124]

Very good video although there were 1 or 2 mistakes for example Athens through the embassadors into the well. Sparta was too religious to harm someone protected by the gods

[@Serapeum]

Fairly certain it was Sparta that threw the ambassadors in the well; I know they were very religious, and normally they probably wouldn't ever have done something so sacrilegious, but King Cleomenes a bit wild. The guy literally torched a sacred grove to burn the prisoners of war hiding inside. So, when he ordered the deaths of these ambassadors, it was not out of character.
After Cleomenes had died, the Spartans did in fact send two men to the court of the Xerxes, offering themselves up as sacrifices to the Persian king to cleanse Sparta of the guilt of Cleomenes' killing of the envoys.
I can't remember off the top of my head whether Xerxes accepted their offer or not.

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