The Greek playwright Aeschylus mentions this battle in his tombstone inscription.
- Herculaneum
- Marathon
- Platea
- Salamis
Marathon. The 490 BC battle saw 10,000 Athenians and Plataeans, including Aeschylus, defeat 48,000 Persians in open battle to save Athens from conquest.
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