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 driven out of 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
where did the battle of marathon take place
Marathon, Greece