On this Day: Athens Defeats Persian Army at the Battle of Marathon

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On Sept. 12, 490 B.C., an outnumbered Athenian army defeated the Persians at the Battle of Marathon, and the marathon long-distance footrace was born.

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Ursula B New York, NY	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #1 Sep 12, 2008 Ancient history rocks!
Brett Farve Castle Rock, CO	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #2 Aug 24, 2009 This web-sit helped me SOOOOOO much with my school work:)
Harry Balsagin Greenville, SC	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #3 Feb 8, 2010 This thing sucked, how bout you put the author of this article on the stupid article bc i have a project due in 2 days and im not ready for it
xxKaitlynBoobste rxx3 Lynn, MA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #4 Sep 28, 2010 i dont get it -___- x3
xxKaitlynBoobste rxx3 Lynn, MA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #5 Sep 28, 2010 Harry Balsagin wrote: This thing sucked, how bout you put the author of this article on the stupid article bc i have a project due in 2 days and im not ready for it i agree
Donky Kong Topsham, ME	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #6 May 31, 2011 lol
bazzinga Falls Church, VA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #7 Jun 5, 2012 this really sucked
bazzinga Falls Church, VA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #8 Jun 5, 2012 sorry wrong one

Mollie Athens, GA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #9 Oct 25, 2012 I just wanted to know why the war was started but this was good information to know.
Mollie Athens, GA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #10 Oct 25, 2012 Donky Kong wrote: lol wow you are so stupid why dont you do the project yourself
Mollie Athens, GA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #11 Oct 25, 2012 oops wrong thing
Dalton San Diego, CA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #12 Apr 15, 2013 I LOVE Miltiades! He was such a frickin boss!
King Darius I Australia	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #13 Wednesday May 1 I approve this message
Pheidippides Australia	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #14 Wednesday May 1 Had a pretty solid run that day.
Pheidippides Australia	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #15 Wednesday May 1 Ursula B wrote: Ancient history rocks! Mate, It was a pretty far run, be respectful
King Darius I Australia	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #16 Wednesday May 1 Them Greeks used hacks
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