Tetrapolis

ancient Greece
Also known as: Marathonian Four Cities

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Battle of Marathon

  • Athens: Acropolis
    In ancient Greek civilization: The Battle of Marathon

    …the Marathonian “Four Cities,” or Tetrapolis, was broken up among more than one of the new tribes. Reasonably or unreasonably, Hippias was obviously hoping to establish a kind of political bridgehead here by appealing to old bonds of clientship.

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