Then having won the battle, the victorious Athenians ran a literal marathon back to Athens to defend it … The Battle of Marathon. In reality, the Greeks and Persians faced each other at Marathon for five days before they fought. EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item tags) Want more? Watch and see if you can pick out everything that's wrong, and then post what you found: A Greek soldier leads the fight against an invading Persian army. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! It focuses on the Battle of Marathon. The Battle of Marathon Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. EMBED. Directed by Jacques Tourneur, Bruno Vailati, Mario Bava. The Battle on the plain of Marathon in September 490 BCE between Greeks and the invading forces of Persian king Darius I (r. 522-486 BCE) was a victory that would go down in folklore as the moment the Greek city-states showed the world their courage and excellence and won their liberty.Although in reality the battle only delayed the Persians in their imperialistic ambitions and … The battle of marathon was one of the most pivotal battles in history. Of course , the hero Philippides defeats Darius the Persian at the Battle of Marathon . A much outnumbered Athenian force stood against what was, for the time, a massive army and held their own. Not one of Steve Reeves best movies and as a fellow boybuilder,he is rather skinny in this one.He could not have weighed more than 180lbs in this. With Steve Reeves, Mylène Demongeot, Sergio Fantoni, Alberto Lupo. The movie itself does have some reasonable moments,in particular the battle scenes which still look realistic nearly fifty years on. The following video is from a movie called La Battaglia di Maratona, which was produced in 1959. Overall very disappointing and one only for the fans. Clip: Episode 3 | 1m 41s | Video has closed captioning. The Athenian general Themistocles leads his men at a full sprint to surprise the Persians as they are debarking from their ships. Outnumbered, the Greeks use strategy over strength to beat the Persians in the epic Battle of Marathon. 300: Rise of an Empire is a 2014 American epic action film written and produced by Zack Snyder and directed by Noam Murro.It is a sequel to the 2007 film 300, taking place before, during, and after the main events of that film, and is loosely based on the Battle of Artemisium and the Battle of Salamis. The movie opens on the Battle of Marathon, fought between the Athenians and a Persian invasion force in 490 BC. 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