No. It defeated a Persian expeditionary force.
Athens and Sparta were then friends. Pheidippides ran to Sparta to summon them to help, but the Spartans didn't arrive in time before the battle was fought.
Battle of Marathon
No, it was the other way round. Athens Defeated the Persian Army at the Battle of Marathon.
The sending of a messenger from Marathon to Athens, announcing the defeat of the Persian army in the battle that took place.
Their punitive expedition against Eretreia and Athens losing the battle of Marathon to the Athenian and Plataean armies.
Their punitive expedition against Eretreia and Athens losing the battle of Marathon to the Athenian and Plataean armies.
The Battle of Marathon was the first attempt , and first defeat , by Persian forces to subjugate Greece . The Persians were defeated by the Athenians at Marathon , Greece .
At the battle of Marathon 490 BCE the Athenians defeated the Persians.
Notably , the battle of Marathon .
On the Plain of Marathon 26 miles north of Athens.
They did npt defeat Athens.
The Battle of Marathon proved that Greek armor , tactics and strategy could defeat a numerically superior opponent .
The battle of Marathon 490 BCE.