Comments by "Emanon" (@Emanon...) on "Epic Battle Of Marathon Total War Recreation" video.

  1. It most definitely did NOT. Iconic? Sure. Militarily or politically significant? Definite no. The Persians came 20 years later and occupied, looted and burned Achea. Marathon didn't change a damn thing, not even with regards to culture, art or science as many Greek colonies survived, and thrived, under Persian rule. This "East Vs West" narrative is quite misinformed.
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  2.  @WolfOfIberia  Yes, I agree. If anything, Greek "freedom and democracy" was crushed by Alexander's Macedon and The Roman Republic and many aspects of Greek culture and religion supplanted later by Roman Christianity. But that's not the narrative that we like, is it?
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  3.  @WolfOfIberia  I think we can both agree that no one can say for sure what could have happened. And yes, The Greek cities were allowed autonomy. I'd counter that the exact same case can be made had they been made Persian Satrapies, though. As you so eloquently framed it, it was the Romans and their later adoption of Christianity that had, by far, the largest impact on Greek society. The reason I bring it up is because of the inherent (but as we both agree on, wrongful) "East Vs West" narrative that permeates popular culture. You seem to have a good grasp of the subject, and Kudos for that. Sadly, I see many battles/events misused by people that seek to aggrandize themselves through the actions of their ancestors, without seemingly having understood the actual events and the reason for them. The presenters themselves, although a bit tongue in cheek, misrepresented the very same topic that we're discussing. Casual fans of historic battles wouldn't have caught up on that and assumed that it indeed was about "freedom and democracy" (shush, don't mention the helots or Sparta!) And not, as you say, a matter of retaliation for fomenting rebellion.
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  4. Not a militarily or politically significant battle. Very iconic, sure, but in no way did Marathon signify an "East Vs West" struggle as is often portrayed and embellished.
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