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He launched a punitive expedition against the city-states of Eretria and Athens for sending contigents to Asia Minor during the Ionian revolt. While there, they sacked the Persian provincial capital and destroyed the statues of the gods. His object was to appoint local tyrants in the two city-states to keep them under control and stop them stirring up discontent in the Greek city-states within the Persian Empire.
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What two Persian leaders tried to take over Greece?
Darius I in 490 BC, and his son Xerxes in 480 BC.
Who were the two Persian leaders who tried to conquer Greece?
Darius I sent a punitive expedition against Eretria and Athens in 490 BCE. When this failed at Marathon, he determined to beinf all of peninsular Greece into his empire to stop the cities there interfering in the Greek cities already in his empire and breaking its peace. He died before he could execute this plan.His son Xerxes I took over this mission invading in 480-479 BCE. It failed after defeats at Salamis, Plataia and Mykale.
What was the reason for Soviet troops to reach Bulgaria in 1944?
Bulgaria fought with the Nazis invading Greece in 1940 and the Soviet Union in 1941 with the Germans.
What advantage did Mussolini have by invading Albania?
By invading Albania Mussolini gained control over the Strait of Otranto, that connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea. That allowed Italy to achieve the sea dominance in the Adriatic and its influence upon Yugoslavia and Greece.
Which son of darius became a Persian ruler?
Xerxes I of Persia became king of Persia in 486BC and continued his father's campaigns against Greece in the Persian Wars.
Why did the marathon start?
The Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE was where Athens fought off the Persian King Darius. The Persians kept invading Greece for personal gain, and eventually Greece had enough and attacked the Persians back.
Why did darius and Xerxes wanted to conquer Greece?
they where mad at Greece
Who is Darius of Greek mythology?
He was a king of Greece
What cause Darius to decide to attack Greece?
Greece support rebellion in Persia
Who invaded Greece in 490 bc?
Darius, king of Persia.
Who did Greece fight at marathon and Salamis?
Persian King Darius I
What was name of the king in Ancient Greece of the Minoans?
These were the provinces of Darius I
What two Persian leaders tried to take over Greece?
Darius I in 490 BC, and his son Xerxes in 480 BC.
Is Darius the capital of Greece?
There were three kings of Persia called Darius in the 6th, 5th and 4th Centuries BCE. Greece was not a unified country - the Greek world was comprised of 2,000 independent city-states, including Sparta, Thebes, Corinth, Athens. So there was no capital of the Greek world.
Which Persian leader was the first to attack mainland Greece?
King Darius I the Great.
Who was the ruler during the first persian war who was determined to conquer greece?
Darius I .
Who led the Persian army that invaded Greece in 480bce?
Darius
