Behold! On a summer morning in the year 490 BC, a small army, composed mostly of Athenian hoplites, awaited on the coastal plain of Marathon, northeast of Athens. They stood vigilant, anticipating the arrival of their eternal foe: the mighty hordes of Persia, led by none other than the Great Darius himself, who marched relentlessly westward, towards the heart of the ancient Greek world. Their intention was to subjugate this nation, as part of the infamous Persian Wars.

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