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Who led the Persian force defeated at the Battle of Marathon?
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Darius I
This chromolithograph of a frieze at Susa depicts attendants serving Darius I.
The Persian force defeated at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE was led by Datis, a Mede commander serving under Darius I.1