The Battle of Marathon and the Compromise of Rivals
Throughout history, conflicts have arose between different people that had opposing views or ideas. As a result of these conflicts, battles and wars have been fought, in order for one side to declare superiority over the opposing side. However, other times in history, the result of a conflict was a compromise. In the times of Ancient Greece there was often chaos. Ancient Greece itself was a divided nation, and rivals were born from the discordant city-states that made up Ancient Greece. Among these conflicting city-states were Athens and Sparta. As a result of the many differences between the two city-states, many battles and wars were fought between the two, because of conflicts. However, …show more content…
The messenger, Pheidippides, that was sent to Sparta to request military aid, made the 150 mile journey to Sparta from Marathon in 2-3 days. Upon arrival, Pheidippides, delivered the urgent message to Sparta of Athens military request. Sparta agreed to send help as soon as they were able to. As a result of the strong rivalry between the two city-states, many would have thought that the Athenian request for aid during the battle, would have been declined by the Spartans. However, the Spartans and the Athenians home land of Greece was being invaded, so remarkably, the two city-states put aside their rivalry and compromised for the protection of Greece. Now unfortunately, according to livis.org on the Battle of Marathon, “a religious law forbade any military operation until full moon, which was still six days ahead”. Even so, the Athenian army and the Plataean reinforcements, fought against the far superior Persian army. Later, the classical Greek philosopher, Plato, was said to have presented a different theory as to why the Spartans could not send the reinforcements Athens so desperately needed. According to realmofhistory.com, also on 14 Incredible Things You Should Know About The Battle Of Marathon, Plato reasoning was “Spartans were probably embroiled in a war of their own with the Messenian revolt”. Nevertheless, the battle
Throughout history, conflicts have arose between different people that had opposing views or ideas. As a result of these conflicts, battles and wars have been fought, in order for one side to declare superiority over the opposing side. However, other times in history, the result of a conflict was a compromise. In the times of Ancient Greece there was often chaos. Ancient Greece itself was a divided nation, and rivals were born from the discordant city-states that made up Ancient Greece. Among these conflicting city-states were Athens and Sparta. As a result of the many differences between the two city-states, many battles and wars were fought between the two, because of conflicts. However, …show more content…
The messenger, Pheidippides, that was sent to Sparta to request military aid, made the 150 mile journey to Sparta from Marathon in 2-3 days. Upon arrival, Pheidippides, delivered the urgent message to Sparta of Athens military request. Sparta agreed to send help as soon as they were able to. As a result of the strong rivalry between the two city-states, many would have thought that the Athenian request for aid during the battle, would have been declined by the Spartans. However, the Spartans and the Athenians home land of Greece was being invaded, so remarkably, the two city-states put aside their rivalry and compromised for the protection of Greece. Now unfortunately, according to livis.org on the Battle of Marathon, “a religious law forbade any military operation until full moon, which was still six days ahead”. Even so, the Athenian army and the Plataean reinforcements, fought against the far superior Persian army. Later, the classical Greek philosopher, Plato, was said to have presented a different theory as to why the Spartans could not send the reinforcements Athens so desperately needed. According to realmofhistory.com, also on 14 Incredible Things You Should Know About The Battle Of Marathon, Plato reasoning was “Spartans were probably embroiled in a war of their own with the Messenian revolt”. Nevertheless, the battle