Why didn’t the Spartans participate in the Marathon Battle?
| July 3, 2021 | education
The Spartan army arrived at Athens the day after the Battle of Marathon. Having chosen a wait-and-see attitude, the Spartans feared large losses in the battle, since the announcement of large losses could provoke unrest of the helots (helots were landowners who had a position in Sparta between slaves and serfs). Therefore, the participation in the battle of its own troops Sparta decided rather carefully.
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