Miltiades

Miltiades
Hero information
Introduced in	Chronicles: Battle for Greece
Hero type	Infantry
Statistics
Hit points	350
Regeneration	30 hit points per minute
Melee attack	10
Reload time	1.8
Melee armor	5
Pierce armor	2
Armor class	Infantry
Speed	1.35
Line of Sight	4
Ability	Cannot be converted Charges his attack by +3 over 30 seconds

“	Athena, witness our victory! May the Great King’s halls be filled with wailing windows – never again will be troubled our shores!	”
—Praising Athena's name in The Battle of Marathon

Miltiades is an infantry hero in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Chronicles: Battle for Greece. He looks identical to the Polemarch but has a larger and more prominent hero glow. He is available in the Scenario Editor. As a hero, he cannot be converted and can regenerate health. He has a charged attack.

Ability

• Charge attack: He has +3 charged attack which it recharges over 30 seconds.

Campaign appearances

Battle for Greece

• The Battle of Marathon: He leads the Athenian and other allied Greek forces in the battle against the Persian army. He is imprisoned the following year by the Athenians and dies before the next scenario takes place.

History

Miltiades was an Athenian statesman and general best known for his role at the Battle of Marathon. Previously, he had been tyrant of the semi-autonomous colony of Chersonesos (modern-day Gallipoli, Turkey), and was briefly a vassal of the Persian emperor Darius before taking part in the Ionian Revolt against Persian rule. He was one of the ten strategoi ('generals') leading the Athenian forces at Marathon in 490 BC, although the rank of "polemarch" (or 'war leader') was held by Callimachus, despite Miltiades being presented as the chief officer in Chronicles. Following the celebrated victory at Marathon, Miltiades fell out of favor after a failed expedition against Paros in 489 BC. He died in prison, likely of gangrene from a wound he sustained during the expedition.

Trivia

• He is also listed as a leader name for the Athenians.
• Despite being a hero, he does not have the hero armor class.

Gallery

Views of the Polemarch, Miltiades looks the same but has a bigger hero glow

Miltiades rousing the Athenian forces before the Battle of Marathon

Miltiades imprisoned after a loss on a separate expedition, with a gangrene infection

5th−4th century BC bust of Miltiades at National Gallery of Slovenia, Ljubljana

Datis fighting the Persians at the Battle of Marathon, in a reconstitution of Stoa Poikile, Ancient Agora of Athens