#490 bc

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300: Rise Of An Empire (2014)

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An Attic red-figured kylix, attributed to Makron as painter, signed by Hieron as potter, c. 490-480 BC.

13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) diameter, excluding handles.

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Banquet scene, Attic red-figured kylix, (Hieron potter, Makron painter) c. 490 BC

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Achilles keeping Hector's corpse, Attic red-figured cup, (Hieron potter, Makron painter) c. 490 - 480 BC

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Map of the Achaemenid Satrapies c.490 BC.

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Marathon, 490 BC

Daily Historical Battle - Day 1

About 41.8km (26 miles) from Athens, on the Plain of Marathon, on the 12th August 490 BC, an outnumbered force of Greek hoplites seized a chance to defeat their Persian foes, exploiting their superior armour and discipline to win one of the most famous tactical victories of the Ancient World. It was, however, not the end of the Persian threat to the independent Greek city-states.

Nearly 11,000 Athenians and Plataean hoplites, led on the day of battle by the Athenian general Militiades, were opposed by a multi-ethnic Persian army numbering perhaps 25,000, under the command of the Persian Artaphernes and the Median noble Datis. The Athenians weakened the centre of their line and strengthened their wings, allowing the Persians to push through the centre, only to be defeated on the flanks and have their centre enveloped by the victorious wings of the Greek army.

The outcome of this battle; the Persians were driven from Greece for 10 years.

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Administrative Divisions in the Persian Empire 490 B.C.

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Terracotta lekythos with a woman using a hand-frame

Greek, Attic, 490 BC