Marathon
A village of Attica, celebrated for the victory which the Athenians and Plataeans, under the command of Militiades, gained over the Persian army, 490 B. C. Lord Byron, in Don Juan, canto iii. verse 86, alludes to Marathon, and the famous battle fought there: "The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea; And, musing there an hour alone, I dream'd that Greece might still be free; For, standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave."
Marcellus, Marcus Claudius. A famous Roman general. He was the first Roman who obtained some advantage over Hannibal. He conquered Syracuse, with the spoils from which, he adorned Rome. He was killed in battle in his fifth consulship.