Battle of Marathon Part of the Greco - Persian Wars The plain of Marathon today Date August / September (Metageitnion), 490 BC Location Marathon, Greece 38 ° 07 ′ 05 '' N 23 ° 58 ′ 42 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.11806 ° N 23.97833 ° E ﻿ / 38.11806; 23.97833 Coordinates: 38 ° 07 ′ 05 '' N 23 ° 58 ′ 42 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 38.11806 ° N 23.97833 ° E ﻿ / 38.11806; 23.97833 Result Decisive Greek victory Persian forces conquer the cycladic islands and establish control over the Aegean sea Persian forces driven out of mainland Greece for 10 years Belligerents Athens, Plataea Persian Empire Commanders and leaders Miltiades Callimachus † Aristides the Just Xanthippus (Pericles ' father) Themistokles Stesilaos † Arimnestos Datis Artaphernes Hippias (deposed Athenian tyrant) Strength 9,000 -- 10,000 Athenians, 1,000 Plataeans 25,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry (modern estimates) (the latter was not engaged) 100,000 + armed oarsmen and sailors (arranged as reserve troops they saw little action, mostly defending the ships) 600 triremes 50 + horse - carriers 200 + supply ships Casualties and losses 192 Athenians, 11 Plataeans (Herodotus) 1,000 -- 3,000 dead (modern estimates) 6,400 dead 7 ships destroyed (Herodotus) 4,000 -- 5,000 dead (modern estimates) Location of the Battle of Marathon
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