Battle of Marathon
Athens first beats Persia and gives the marathon its name
Athenian and Plataean hoplites under Miltiades defeated the Persian force Darius I had landed in Attica. The first major Greek victory over Persia boosted Athenian prestige and inspired the legend of the runner behind the modern marathon.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Asia
- c. 483 BC Death of the Buddha — 7 years later
- 479 BC Death of Confucius — 11 years later
Alive at the time
- Gautama Buddha (aged 73)
- Confucius (aged 61)
- Darius the Great (aged 60)
- Leonidas I (aged 50)
- Xerxes I (aged 28)
- Sophocles (aged 7)
- Pericles (aged 5)
- Heraclitus (aged 45)
- Themistocles (aged 34)