HUM 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Lelantine War, Estonian Kroon, Ancient Warfare
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Satraps in charge of military command and political. Satraps begin viewing themselves as quasi-independent kings. Official account of darius"s exploits and stature. City engulfed in flames by ionian greeks, persians fight their way out, for the acropolis. Athens doesn"t support them after this point. Burned to the ground (violation of rules in ancient. Darius ordered them to remember the athenians for this. 497-495 witnessed fighting in hellespont, southwestern caria, cyprus. Left behind by father who was the tyrant of miletus. Megabedes?? gets control of fleet for invasion. Knaxos is informed of invasion and survive 4 moths of siege. Aristagoras is afraid his treachery will come to light and he"ll be hung. Father tells him to raise ionian greeks in revolt against darius. First officially resigns tyranny, which is popular in miletus, persuades them to. Overthrows rest of persian-backed greek ionian tyrants. Sets off for greek mainland for additional allies. First stop is sparta support him in revolt.
