Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Daga hangen nesa na Girka, yaƙin farko shi ne lokacin da Darius ya tattara rundunar jiragen ruwa a Cilicia da Samos a ƙarƙashin Datis da Artaphernes (ɗan satrap Artaphernes) kuma ya tashi zuwa Eritrea a cikin 490 BC, da farko ya ɗauki tsibirai kamar Naxos wanda ya kasa kamawa a cikin 500, ban da sauka a Marathon inda suke
An rinjãye su da gagarumar rinjãya. Tushen Girka (Herodotus) da na Farisa (misali duba Dio Chrysostom XI 148) sun bambanta dangane da mahimmancin Marathon, babban nasara ko ƙaramin faɗa.