Marathon

settlement · 550 BC – 300 AD

Marathon was a coastal deme of the tribe Aiantis, in northeastern Attica, the site of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, and capital of the Marathon tetrapolis.

Coordinates
38.14655, 23.97015
Also known as
Marathón, Marathóna, Marathṓn, Marathon (grc), Maratona (ita), Maratón (spa), Plasi, Μαραθών (ell), Μαραθών (grc), Μαραθώνα, Марафон (rus), 马拉松 (zho)
Dating
attested

Sources

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