Correct answer choice is :
A) Kind to them
Step-by-step explanation:
While most trust the second part of the Persian wars with the birth of the Athenian resurrection, one could claim that Marathon was the impetus for, and much of the logic behind, the Athenians’ faith that they were on par with the Spartans which permitted them to thrive. Marathon be a failure and Athens destroyed, the Western democracy, culture, art and philosophy that emerged from this period in history might have been lost, and the Western world today could be very different.