Persian War 500-479/78 BC. Battle of Marathon on 10 September. 490 BC. (The Athenians under Miltiades defeat the Persians under Datis & Ataphernes). "Miltiades at Marathon". Woodcut, 1867, after a drawing by Heinrich Leutemann (1824-1905). From: W. Wägner, Hellas, Leipzig (O.Spamer) 1867.