Athens and Eretria sent contingents to support the Ionian Revolt of Greek cities in Asia Minor. They burnt the provincial capital of Sardis.
The Greeks stood their ground and fought for their freedom against the Persians. Their victory caused the Greeks many lives.
The Greeks stood their ground and fought for their freedom against the Persians. Their victory caused the Greeks many lives.
The Greeks stood their ground and fought for their freedom against the Persians. Their victory caused the Greeks many lives.
The war against Persia. It united all of Greece, including Athens and Sparta.
The Persians were concerned becaus mainland Greek cities were supporting their daughter citise in Ionia who were revolting against Persian rule. They sent a punitive expedition which capteured Eretria but was defeated by Athens and Plataia at Marathon.
The Battle of the Alamo and the Massacre at Goliad.
Persia sent an expedition to Athens to reinstal an Athenian ex-tyrant to stop it causing trouble within the Persian Empire. The expeditionary force fought it out with the Athenian army on the Plain of Marathon. The Persians lost.
Athens lost the Peloponnesian War because it refused to agree to peace on reasonable term, and the Persians bankrolled the Peloponnesian League to form a navy strong enough to defeat the hitherto superior Athenian fleet.
During the Ionian revolt of Greek city-states in Asia Minor against Persian rule, Athens and Eretria sent an expeditionary force to assist them. They went too far in burning the Persian capital Sardis, and the Persians decided to punish them and set up a puppet government of exiled Athenians to control them from repeating these incursions. A Persian expedition captured Eretria but was defeated by Athens and its ally Plataia at Marathon.
The Battle of the Alamo and the Massacre at Goliad.
The decline of Athens in its Golden Age was caused by a long, expensive, and ultimately disastrous war. For thirty years, Athens and its allies waged war against a coalition of Greek powers led by Sparta. After many ups and downs, the Athenians were beaten in 404 B.C.E. Despite brief recurrence of prosperity in later years, the economic and political losses by the Athenians in this war ended its "Golden" period.
In 499 BC several Greek cities in Asia Minor rebelled against Persian rule. To help their fellow Greeks, a few city-states in mainland Greece sent soldiers to join the fight against the Persians. The Persians put down the revolt, but Darius was still angry with the Greeks. Although the cities that had rebelled were in Asia, Darius was enraged that other Greeks had given them aid. He swore to get revenge on the Greeks.