10 September 490 BCE
01 BATTLE OF MARATHON
A fleet of 600 triremes brings the Persian army, numbering 26,000, into a bay near Marathon. Despite landing a giant force on Athenian soil, the Persians become trapped on the Plain of Marathon and are slaughtered in their thousands.
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02 SIEGE OF DAMIETTA
During the Fifth Crusade, a force sails into the mouth of the Nile. The ship-borne Crusaders build a siege tower by lashing two ships together, allowing a defensive river tower to be captured. Meanwhile, ground troops land and begin a
