马拉松战役是公元前490年强大的波斯帝国对雅典发动的战争。雅典方面参战的一万一千人全部是重装步兵,他们按照惯例在马拉松平原的西侧排出八行纵深的密集方阵。此时正值雨季,马拉松平原只有中间地势较高,两边都是泥沼地,雅典利用地形靠智谋获得了胜利。波斯军队共阵亡6400人,雅典方面仅仅阵亡192人。双方阵亡数字的悬殊差距充分体现了希腊密集阵对波斯方阵的压倒性优势。
的确,2500年前,历史上曾发生过马拉松战役。
The battle of Marathon did indeed take place back about 2,500 years ago.
马拉松战役发生于公元前四九○年。 当时波斯人在骄奢、劳役之下,颓堕委靡; 雅典人则在自由之中,发扬蹈厉。
The Battle of Marathon was fought in 490 BC, when the Persians became enervated by luxury and servitude, and the Athenians were animated by their freedom.
波斯国王(公元前521 - 486年),扩张帝国,建立了高效的行政系统,并入侵希腊,仅在490年的马拉松战役中被击败。
King of Persia (521-486) who expanded the empire, organized a highly efficient administrative system, and invaded Greece, only to be defeated at the Battle of Marathon in 490.
In the famous battle of Marathon, which I will tell you about when we get there, one of its features is that because the Greeks were numerically badly inferior to the Persians, they had this problem of covering the line.
比如在著名的马拉松战役,迟些我们会讲到,马拉松战役中,希腊军队,在人数上远不敌波斯军队,这为布阵造成很大的困难
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