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Apparently the U.S. isn’t the only country that likes to stage historical reenactments.
This weekend history enthusiasts in Greece are marking the 2500th anniversary of the Battle of Marathon by staging a giant reenactment of the fight.
AFP reports,
The three-day amateur event on the presumed battlefield, which has since been altered by soil erosion, will showcase Greek and Persian combat as well as dance, literature, crafts and cultural features from the Archaic period.
But the main feature will be a planned confrontation between the Greek and Persian ‘armies’, composed of up to 200 experimental archaeology fans.
The epic clash in which the Greeks–outnumbered two to one by the Persians””triumphed was the first military engagement to be recorded. The Greek victory saved Europe from invasion and allowed ancient Greek culture to thrive.
Read the entire article at AFP.