“With you it rests, Callimachus, either to bring Athens to slavery or, by securing her freedom, to be remembered by all future generations. For never since the time that the Athenians became a people were they in so great a danger as now. If they bow their necks beneath the yoke of the Persians, the woes which they will have to suffer...are already determined. If, on the other hand, they fight and overcome, Athens may rise to be the very first city in Greece.” - Miltiades in Herodotus Histories

The year is 490 BC. Darius is beginning his final expedition into Greece. All those years of being told “Remember the Athenians” by his slaves, was finally about to pay off.

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