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Today we watched another video about Greece and the surrounding areas such as the Persian Empire which is wayyyyy bigger than Greece. The Persian Empire decided to invade Athens in attempt to gain more control of the seas. They arrived on Marathon beach in Athens. At this time a man named philidides ran all the way to Athens to warn everyone and then to Sparta in an attempt to get help which was not given even after running 140 miles. Almost all of the men of Athens were willing to go fight and defend their land. Along with a small army of hoplites and trained soldiers, they managed to defeat the Persians although they were outnumbered 2 to 1.