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The conventional wisdom is that the Athenians at the Battle of Marathon were amateur soldiers who won by chance. In reality, they were the Israel Defense Force of their day—smart, highly trained, and merciless. Before dawn on September 12, 490 formed for an assault on the Persian force that had assembled on the Marathon plain, …
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