Who Really Won the Battle of Marathon?

“An excellent book” that takes a new look at the historic clash between the ancient Greeks and Persians ( Army Rumour Service ). The Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, in which an Athenian-led Greek force defeated a Persian invasion, is one of the most decisive battles in antiquity, studied for centuries. It is famed as a triumph of the Greek hoplite heavy infantry phalanx against massively superior Persian numbers. But this exciting reassessment of the evidence, including new archaeological findings