Question

When did the Greeks defeat the Persian army at Marathon?

• A. 490 BCE.
• B. 492 BCE.
• C. 494 BCE.
• D. 495 BCE.

Answer 1

The correct option is A 490 BCE.

Battle of Marathon, (September 490 bce), in the Greco-Persian Wars, decisive battle fought on the Marathon plain of northeastern Attica in which the Athenians, in a single afternoon, repulsed the first Persian invasion of Greece. Hence, Option A is correct.