Good News In History September 12
Good News In History September 12 2,515 years ago today was one of two days in the ancient era of world history that, if events had gone a different way, Western Civilization as we know it may never have sprouted. Athenian citizen soldiers , demonstrating superb athleticism and courage, ran a little over a mile in their heavy armor to smash a Persian invading force led by King Darius II which landed on a beach at Marathon. READ more about the battle… (490 BCE) Greek troops rushing forward at the Battle of Marathon, Georges Rochegrosse, 1859. Few military engagements from ancient times have been as analyzed and cross-examined as the Battle of Marathon. Accounts exude myth and Homeric exaggeration, but a dearth of primary sources leave historians with little ulterior input. The cause of the engagement was punitive. A tribe of Greeks living under the rule of the Persian empire in Anatolia known as the Ionians revolted, and an emissary was able to lie and convince Athens to send a small detach…
