THE 25 REASONS THAT MAKE ME KNOW THAT WILL WIN IN ATHENS ASTRALPOOL (XIX)
NINETEENTH CLAIM:
SIDE IS THE MOMENTUM Sabadell
Even on today's historians do not explain how they could win ten thousand troops and twenty thousand foot Athenians and archers of the mighty Persian army. It was in 490 BC in the famous battle of Marathon.
The Medes, commanded by generals Datis and Tissaphernes, formed the best army in history. Darius's empire stretched from the Ionian coast to present-day Iran and wanted revenge against Athens for its support of the Greek cities of the Anatolian coast, including Miletus. So advanced Tissaphernes Datis and landed at the famous plains of Marathon.
What options did Athens? Few, very few. The many legendary warriors of Sparta were to take another six days to arrive, so Miltiades, one of the two strategists with Themistocles-opted momentum. The Persians had bet the enemy on the defensive to try to stop their onslaught, as had happened if they decided to conquer a territory, so I slowly began to have their battalions. Then came the crazy
of Miltiades.
After traveling the 42 km between Athens from the plain of Marathon, the hoplites, armed with long spears, armor and heavy shields, charged directly against the army of Datis and Tissaphernes divided into three sections. Surprised and without the help of the thousand foot cavalry, stationed elsewhere without the possibility of rapid intervention had no time to react. The Greeks beat
the center of the Persian forces and heavy weapons Hellenic Light wreaked havoc in the enemy militia, armed with swords and inadequately protected. The effectiveness of the Medes was based on the performance of his archers and effectiveness of chivalry, so in the melee the balance tilted in favor of the Athenians. The disruption that caused the crash, the Persian general ordered to reinforce the center that occasion, the other two divisions Greek to close as a vise.
The battle only lasted an hour. The Medes retreated to the carnage. Said to have died six thousand Asians compared with almost two hundred Athenians. And the flight was no opportunity to capture a few enemy ships. The momentum and the faith of the Greeks turned to a situation that was really agonizing.
Astralpool not seem exactly the favorite in the party that will face the 20-F at Olympiacos. But since then the momentum, as seen in Can Llong, Sabadell is on the side. On Saturday, we'll turn to history.
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