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Returning to the whole land vs. naval battle bias. I would strike Marathon from the list.
Why? While the victory did halt the immediate threat, it did not eliminate it. Darius immediately began to prepare for a 2nd campaign. Of course the Persians returned 10 years later under Xerxes, and it was the Battles of Salamis and Mycale that finally put an end to their outright Grecian ambitions.
Of course the Persians and Greeks continued to meddle in each others affairs...as great powers often do.
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1967 R50/2
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