CLASSIC 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Anaximander, Xenophanes, Centrism
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The burning of sardis (498 bce) and destruction of miletus (494 bce) Greeks destroy persian city of sardis; athenians helped capture city. City burns and is completely destroyed, unclear if the greeks were entirely responsible for destruction. Used as an excuse for persians to burn greek cities in the future. Not only undertake usual tactic of war, but burn sanctuaries. Tisis (more neutral) - reprisal, paying back, revenge in some way (more negative); notion by historians to come up with how herodotus works; anything that something happens, something has to happen in result of equal doing. Inevitable with the different natures of different people; eventually causing war with aggressiveness. Athens was known to be pretty aggressive. Fined for this this play and performance and were not allowed to perform it again. Waves of migration to western asian minor (ionia) more settled settlements in greece - more time for stability and development of better conditions of living.
