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Originally Posted by Maximus
Well I have not read Herodotus so I don't know.
What forced the Persians to retreat? Probably the fact that Greeks were winning?
The link you provided does state that Greeks did attack the Persians from 3 sides, front & flanks. The only point of difference seems to be the number of Persian casualities.
I am still wondering why Persians retreated? It is known that they planned to march on Athens in 2 days, which they couldn't because shores were blocked by the Greek army.
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Per Persian Sources the Persian war aim was not to conquer Grecee, (in 490 BC) but to capture the Islands, so as to creat a buffer between the mainland and the Ionia, a task in which the succeeded. Subduing and capturing Athens was a secondry aim, "almost an after thought per one historian". Fun fact, after marathon, the Greeks tried (and failed) to retake the Islands, and the victor of Marathon, Miltiades was killed.