An army supposedly set sail for this battle after a traitor signaled them by flashing a shield in the sun. Before this battle, a general gave a speech beginning "With you it rests" to convince a colleague to break a five-to-five vote to fight or flee. Because this battle coincided with the Carneia festival, the Spartans did not participate in it. The polemarch Callimachus died at this battle, which was part of a campaign to punish Eretria and another city for supporting the Ionian revolt. Herodotus claims that after this battle, the messenger Pheidippides carried the news that Miltiades had defeated the forces of Darius the Great. For 10 points, name this 490 BCE battle that gives its name t
An army supposedly set sail for this battle after a traitor signaled them by flashing a shield in the sun. Before this battle, a general gave a speech beginning "With you it rests" to convince a colleague to break a five-to-five vote to fight or flee. Because this battle coincided with the Carneia festival, the Spartans did not participate in it. The polemarch Callimachus died at this battle, which was part of a campaign to punish Eretria and another city for supporting the Ionian revolt. Herodotus claims that after this battle, the messenger Pheidippides carried the news that Miltiades had defeated the forces of Darius the Great. For 10 points, name this 490 BCE battle that gives its name to a 26.2-mile race.
An army supposedly set sail for this battle after a traitor signaled them by flashing a shield in the sun.
Battle of Marathon