Title

The Battle of Marathon', 1890.

Caption

'The Battle of Marathon', 1890. Battle of Marathon in 490 BC was the first Persian invasion of Greece. Fought between the citizens of Athens and a Persian army under orders of Darius I. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

Date

1890

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F22_031

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,4Mb (4,4Mb) / 15,4in x 15,7in / 4634 x 4703 (300dpi)

Keywords

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