Domaining in 2010 – a gift from the Greeks

The Battle of Marathon - the reason we exist today!

On September 12, 490 BC the battle of Marathon took place.

About 10,000 Athenians, along with 1,000 Plataeans confronted a Persian army of tenfold strength and fought the most decisive battle in ancient history.

Marathon is a plain in Attica, the peninsula that includes Athens and Piraeus – the main Athenian port since ancient times. The Persian empire under the rule of Darius the Great was undefeated and for years prior had occupied and enslaved the Greek colonies of Asia Minor (modern day Turkey).

Two thousand and five hundred years ago, the Greeks saved the western civilization – which back then was essentially entirely in the hands of Greece – in the decisive battle of Marathon. With 192 dead soldiers from the Athenians and 11 Plataeans killed in battle, the Greeks managed to capture and destroy several Persian ships, leaving behind some 6,000 dead Persians in the marshes of Marathon.

Video: Battle of Marathon – Part 1
Video: Battle of Marathon – Part 2
Video: Battle of Marathon – Part 3

Praised by many modern historians as the single most important battle that secured the future of the western civilization, the battle of Marathon is the reason that 2,500 years later you can sit in front of a computer and monetize your domain names.

If the battle of Marathon had been lost, most of us today would be serving wine and fruit to the descendants of Persian kings. Not to mention that Shane Cultra would not be running marathons! 😀

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