HISTORY 36B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Chalkidiki, Ionian Revolt, Aristagoras
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490 new fleet arrives under artaphernes and datis, invading force included the older hippias. 499 bce ionian greeks had a general dislike of increased taxes and local rulers installed by the kings. Aristagoras of miletus, hoping to gain control of naxos, forms of alliances with. Aristagoras then decides to exploit the restless ionians, sets about overthrowing tyrants in asia minor, presents himself as a liberator. Fails to get spartan support, but gets athenians (20 ships) and eretrian (5 ships) support. Hippias had ran to persia, fear of this return with persian support. Greeks allies gradually fell apart, including the athenians exiting at an early stage. Major naval defeat of the greeks off the island of lade in 494 bce. Men relocated to the mouth of the tigris river. At the beginning of the revolt sardis is burned (accidental or on purpose?) Darius would not forget the burning of sardis.
