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Miltiades was the Athenian general who led the victory of Athens against Darius and the Persians at the Battle Of Marathon in 490 b.c. This victory saved Greece from becoming a province of the Persian Empire, preserving Greek culture, philosophy, art which would go on to play a founding role in Western Civilization. Miltiades gained great fame, but he w…