<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Battle of Marathon </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Greco - Persian Wars </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> The plain of Marathon today </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> August / September (Metageitnion), 490 BC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Marathon, Greece 38 ° 07 ′ 05" N 23 ° 58 ′ 42" E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.11806 ° N 23.97833 ° E ﻿ / 38.11806; 23.97833 Coordinates: 38 ° 07 ′ 05" N 23 ° 58 ′ 42" E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.11806 ° N 23.97833 ° E ﻿ / 38.11806; 23.97833 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Decisive Greek victory </Li> <Li> Persian forces driven out of Greece for 10 years . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Athens, Plataea </Td> <Td> Persian Empire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Miltiades Callimachus † Aristides the Just Xanthippus (Pericles' father) Themistokles Stesilaos † Arimnestos </Td> <Td> Datis Artaphernes Hippias (deposed Athenian tyrant) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9,000--10,000 Athenians, 1,000 Plataeans </Td> <Td> 25,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry (modern estimates) (the latter was not engaged) 100,000 + armed oarsmen and sailors (arranged as reserve troops they saw little action, mostly defending the ships) 600 triremes 50 + horse - carriers 200 + supply ships </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 192 Athenians, 11 Plataeans (Herodotus) 1,000--3,000 dead (modern estimates) </Td> <Td> 6,400 dead 7 ships destroyed (Herodotus) 4,000--5,000 dead (modern estimates) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Location of the Battle of Marathon </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Battle of Marathon </Th> </Tr>

Where did the battle of marathon take place