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There were several battles at Miletus:
The siege by Persia in 494 BCE.
The failed attack on the city in 412 BCE by the Peloponnesian League.
The capture of the city by Alexander the great in 334 BCE.
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How did the Persian war of Greece begin?
Miletus - its Persian-appointed Greek tyrant Aristagoras persuaded the Persian provincial governor to participate in a conquest of the Greek island of Naxos. The expedition failed, and Aristagoras, knowing Persian retribution was coming, stirred up the Ionian cities to revolt to cover himself.
How do you pronounce Miletus?
Miletus is an ancient city in Greece. It was the Greatest Greek city until 500 BC. Miletus was also the city that begun the Persian Wars. It is pronounced My-lee-tus.
Who was the greek leader who first betrayed Greece to Persia to start the persian wars?
Aristagoras, tyrant of Miletus.
What angers the subjects if Persian Empire and caused them to rebel?
The Greek city-states in Asia Minor were tricked into revolt by the Greek tyrant of Miletus to protect himself against Persian retaliation for his misconduct.
What caused the subjects of the Persian empire to rebel?
Aristagoras, the Greek tyrant appointed to control Miletus, persuaded the Persian provincial governor into a joint attempt to take Naxos. When this failed, Aristagoras knew he was set for retribution, and conned the other Greek cities of Asia Minor into rebelling against Persian rule, leading to 50 years of warfare between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states of the Eastern Mediterranean.The Greek city-states were conned into rebellion by Aristagoras, a Greek who the Persians had appointed as tyrant of Miletus. He had talked the Persian governor into supporting a takeover of Naxos; it failed and he knew that punishment was coming to him, and organised the revolt by the already restive Greek city-states to protect himself, known as the Ionian Revolt beginning in 499 BCE.
The small Greek navy defeated the Persian fleet at the battle of what?
The combined and powerful Greek navy defeated a similar sized Persian fleet at the battle of Salamis.
Who fought in the battle salamis?
The Greek and Persian fleets.
What action started the Persian war?
The Persian-appointed tyrant of Miletus, Aristagoras, got into trouble withe the Persian governor of Asia Minor, and to avoid punishment, stirred up a rebellion of the Greek city-states in western Asia Minor.
Why was the greek and Persian battle important?
There were many Persan-Greek battles. Which one did you have in mind?
Which battle did Greece win the Persian or pelopnnesian war?
They were two different wars - the Persian War wass the persian Empire versus the mainland Greek cities, and the Peloponnesian War was between Greek cities. The Greeks won some, lost some in both wars.
In 480 bc who was the Greek's enemy?
A coalition of southern Greek city-states defeated a Persian fleet of Phoenician, Greek and Egyptian ships at the naval battle of Salamis.
What do the battle of Marathon battle of salamis and the battle of Thermopylae have in common?
The Battle of Marathon, the Battle of Salamis, and the Battle of Thermopylae were fought between Greek city-states and invading Persian Empire forces in the early Fifth Century BCE.
