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Originally Posted by sparten
Reading too much Herodotus. Ordinarily a very good thing, but the Greeks almost certainly exaggerated Persian deaths, and its possble they were attacking the rear guard of the army, which would explain the cavalrys absence.
http://www.livius.org/he-hg/herodotus/logos6_19.html#1 |
Nope. Not Herodotus. Just a general interest in Historical Warfare techniques & strategies. A time when war used to be an art. 
About Marathon, these facts were stated in a documentary on Discovery Channel.
It is largely belived that Persians were attacked by the Greeks from the flanks and the front.
Even Wikipedia says the same.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marathon
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