CLA2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Anatolia, Choke Point, Hoplite
4 Apr 2016
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Not a huge defeat but afected their pride: forced out of a region they considered theirs and didn"t get revenge on athens. Not a complete failure: they destroyed naxos and eretria. Darius wanted to return to greece himself = begins to assemble a large leet. But around this ime egypt revolts: darius" health is failing and he dies in late 486. He is succeeded by xerxes i, his son. These delays granted the greeks some breathing room to recover ciies and prepare for. Persian assault and to engage in internal poliical debate. Miliades ined 50 talents (489): because he led a military expediion to reclaim the island of. Paros, but this fails and he"s charged with treason. The punishment for treason is death, but they spare him and charge him 50 talents (equivalent to 3,000 lbs of gold ) so he can"t pay this and dies in prison in 489.
