Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 490 BC, Dhariyasi I anopinda muGirisi achitsiva kuparadzwa kweSardis neIonian Revolt, achibatsirwa neAtene. Chikwata chevashori chinoparadzwa neboka duku revaAtene, rinotungamirirwa naThemistocles naAeskylos. Zuva rakatevera racho, pa
Marathon, Mukuru Miltiades anouya nehurongwa hwakakomba hwekusiya phalanx yechinyakare uye kurwisa simba rePersia rakakwirira nenhamba nenhamba yehondo iyo yakadzikiswa nemaune kuitira kuti vabvumire vaGiriki kutenderedza vaPezhiya uye kuvabata muchipfuramabwe. Zano racho rinobudirira, uye uto rePezhiya rinoparadzwa, asi Miltiades anorayira uto kuti ridzokere kuAtene nokukurumidza, achiziva kuti uto guru raDhariyasi riri kuenda ikoko nomugungwa.