The Battle of Marathon

Five days had gone by with no action whatsoever. Herodotus suggests that command rotated between the Shrateegoi each day, but this is doubtful because it goes against what was typical for the Athenians. The Persians may not have been anxious to force an early battle; their experience at a retry would have encouraged them to believe there would be divisions among those at Athens and possibly in the field. Miltieties recruited spies amongst the Persian ranks who informed him what was happening. So when he learned that some of the Persian troops in Calvory were missing and rightfully suspected that part of the Persian forces were heading for Falleron, Miltieties realized that time was now of