CLCV 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Trireme, Ionian Revolt, Cyrus The Great
22 Feb 2017
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Croesus becomes king of lydia: he had the greek city states pay him tributes. 546 croesus defeated by king cyrus pf persia (d. 530), who is succeeded by his son. Cambyses: lydia became part of the persian empire. 545 - 500: persian consolidation & expansion into egypt & thrace; (cyrus, cambyses) and darius. 499: ionian revolt by greek of ionian against king darius (d. 480), a distant relative of. 498: siege of sardis by ionians (with help of the athenians: sparta did not help for fear of an uprising. 494: king darius sacks ionian city of miletus and ends the revolt: between 498 - 494 it is said that darius has a sla(cid:448)e (cid:449)hisper (cid:858) e(cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)er the. Chronology of the first persian war (492 - 490 b. c. ) 492: 1st persian expedition { } under mardonius (son-in-law of darius) against greece: started in sardis, and moved up to cross the hellespont, then set sail to greece not far from thrace.
