CLA-2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ionian Revolt, List Of Monarchs Of Persia, Aristagoras
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Dee(cid:373)s the puthia"s (cid:894)delphi(cid:895) ora(cid:272)le to (cid:271)e true. Capture by cyrus since persia launched a counter attack. Dedication issued by darius for his own greatness. Biggest source of our knowledge of what lead up to the persian wars. Resigns as tyrant, tries to unite ionians against persians. 498- greeks take sardis and burn it. 494- battle of lade and sack of miletus. All of asia minor again under persian rule. Darius sends ambassadors to every major greek polis and demands their submission. Artaphernes and datis set out on campaign. Besiege the city, after a week two eretrians betray their polis. Archons now elected by lot so that ambitious men ran for the strategia (generalship) Vs. aristides, another general, supporter of the zeugitai (hoplite class) Darius spends three years preparing an army. For four years xerxes prepares an army. Around 200,000 men first said to be 2 million by herodotus. The battle of thermopylae was basically a holding mission.
