The Battle of Marathon 2

This is part 2 of an historical documentary film from History Channel about the Athenians legendary victory over the Persians in the battle of Marathon in 490 BC

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[ailouros24]

if the persians were so bad how did they manage to form an empire that span the 2/3 of the known world back then my friend? their tactics worked i assure you. but they worked on everyone against the greeks thats the trick. they had never met anyone that fought with heavy armor before. to them massed ranks and close combat were unheard of. thats why they lost! it was like asking soccer players to play basketball with the bulls!! the greeks were the right people at the right place to stop them.

[GODDIONYSUS]

What a battle!!! It needed guts to do such victory!!!

Athens- Trireme- Democracy

Sparta- Phalanx

Macedonia- Sarasa- United Greece!!!

[Kakaraimpas]

Pheidippides! . He run with his shield, armor and the whole war equipment, so that he wouldn't be thought as a traitor that left the battlefield to save his life!

[vonzuchter]

@greggysr it was war dude. persians burned both athens and eretria and every city that didnt surrender during their invasion. an alexander didnt destroy babylon u fool. he used it as his new capital. where did u study history u moron? He only destroyed persepolis.

[greggysr]

Four of the world's greatest and oldest ancient cities, Persepolis (burnt down by alexander), Tyre, Babylon, and Susa were wiped off the map by Alexander's barbarian invasion.  Many other smaller cities in Persia disappeared as well, its inhabittants massacared and the cities burnt to the ground.

That is an infathomable amount of destruction of culture and wisdom, comparable only to the handywork of the Mongolian barbarians under Ghengis Khan

[ailouros24]

@Fatalerror300 when i say "massed ranks" i dont mean "a lot of people crowding together" you fuckhead. I am talking about the greek phalanx, heavily armored warriors trained to fight in unison and to support each other. its called massed ranks because they stood so close (for protection) they literally rubbed elbows. the persians had A LOT of FARMERS armed with a sword and no clue as to what to do in combat. read a fucking book fool.

[Fatalerror300]

@ailouros24 Your a fucking moron. "to them massed ranks and close combat were unheard of. thats why they lost" Are you retarded? The persians are the ones who had massed ranks moron, not the Greeks. Fuck you are a true minda.

[SinerAthin]

@Agent1W

I just realized by miles, they meant Miles(1.6km), not Miles(10km) xD

[Agent1W]

@SinerAthin But that's why we have Nike brand shoes today, so we can just do it.

[MrJunglestalker]

jeez I love history!!

[Liquidsback]

@greggysr Actually Babylon survied, it's where alexander died. It just shrunk over time after because the seleucids, founded Seleucia, and Ctesiphon. Which in turn abandoned after the caliphate founded Baghdad.

[nikat78]

@akalestos1983 Ε, εντάξει τους ξέφυγε μια μικρή λεπτομέρεια. Βγάζει μάτι, βέβαια.