CLCV 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pheidippides, Leotychidas, Hoplite
19 Apr 2016
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546 croesus defeated by king cyrus of persia, who is succeeded by his son cambyses. 560 bc > croesus becomes king of lydia. Made them pay taxes and acknowledge his ultimate authority (but they got along) Croesus decided to go to war with persia, sent delegates to the oracle of apollo at delphi to decide if it. If king croesus goes to war, a great empire will fall > croesus was defeated and taken prisoner. Lydians fell to the persians and incorporated into the persian empire. Cyrus did not like greek culture, persia became a threat to the towns on the aegean coast (ionia) Cyrus, his son cambyses, and their relative darius extended the empire into egypt and thrace would be a good idea to go to war with the persians. Build-up to the persian wars (greece vs persia) 499 ionian revolt by greeks of ionia against king darius, a distant relative of cyrus.
