We have been learning about the Ancient Greeks in our history topic this year and, most recently, we were learning about the Battle of Marathon. Here are some of the highlights:

The Persians were going to invade Athens so they asked the Spartans for help. Pheidippides ran for two days and two nights to Sparta but the Spartans were busy with a religious ceremony so wouldn’t help until they finished. So Pheidippides ran all the way back to tell them the response. The Athenians had to fight the Persians alone. General Militiades used the phalanx formation and shocks the Persians with his tactic. They then go to the coast to try and suprise the Athenians but Pheidippides warned the Athenians so they were ready for the attack. After fighting, Pheidippides ran all the way into central Athens and said, “Well done to you, we’ve won.” Then he died of exhaustion.