<P> The Athenians and their allies chose a location for the battle , with marshes and mountainous terrain , that prevented the Persian cavalry from joining the Persian infantry . Miltiades , the Athenian general , ordered a general attack against the Persian forces , composed primarily of missile troops . He reinforced his flanks , luring the Persians ' best fighters into his center . The inward wheeling flanks enveloped the Persians , routing them . The Persian army broke in panic towards their ships , and large numbers were slaughtered . The defeat at Marathon marked the end of the first Persian invasion of Greece , and the Persian force retreated to Asia . Darius then began raising a huge new army with which he meant to completely subjugate Greece ; however , in 486 BC , his Egyptian subjects revolted , indefinitely postponing any Greek expedition . After Darius died , his son Xerxes I restarted the preparations for a second invasion of Greece , which finally began in 480 BC . </P>
<P> The Athenians and their allies chose a location for the battle , with marshes and mountainous terrain , that prevented the Persian cavalry from joining the Persian infantry . Miltiades , the Athenian general , ordered a general attack against the Persian forces , composed primarily of missile troops . He reinforced his flanks , luring the Persians ' best fighters into his center . The inward wheeling flanks enveloped the Persians , routing them . The Persian army broke in panic towards their ships , and large numbers were slaughtered . The defeat at Marathon marked the end of the first Persian invasion of Greece , and the Persian force retreated to Asia . Darius then began raising a huge new army with which he meant to completely subjugate Greece ; however , in 486 BC , his Egyptian subjects revolted , indefinitely postponing any Greek expedition . After Darius died , his son Xerxes I restarted the preparations for a second invasion of Greece , which finally began in 480 BC . </P>
who defeated king darius at the battle of marathon
who defeated king darius at the battle of marathon
Miltiades , the Athenian general
Miltiades , the Athenian general