HIS2102 Lecture 2: January 18th 2016- Greek
Document Summary
In the year 500, naxos declared themselves a democracy. He then convinces the ionians to revolt against the persian empire. Ionians burnt the temples and religious buildings: this success was short live, the persians start to become more organized and. Ionians start to lose ground: the atheniens become more frustrated with the ionians and theyre lack of ambition for the revolt and thus they leave, darius assembles an army led by persian commander. In 497, aristogoras fled to threce, and not long forward he was assassinated. In 494, the city of militus was captured and burned by the persians. Ionian city to be spared was samos because in there last battle they betrayed the. Ionians and retreated their ships: was this event really caused was that athens is showed up on darius radar and he decides to keep seeking the west, wanted anyone who had participated in the destruction of sardis.
