Why did Darius swear to get revenge on the Greeks?

Answer 1

The first expedition was a punitive expedition to punish Athens and Eretria for interfering in a Greek revolt (Miletus) in Persian territory where they took it too far by burning the Persian provincial capital Sardis. "Herodotus reports that when Darius heard of the burning of Sardis, he swore vengeance upon the Athenians (after asking who they indeed were), and tasked a servant with reminding him three times each day of his vow: "Master, remember the Athenians".

When this expedition failed against Athens at Marathon 490BCE, Darius realised the only way to stop interference from mainland Greece was to incorporate it into his empire and so establish an ethnic frontier. He died before he could impplement this, but his son Xerxes led the invasion ten years later in 480 BCE.

Basically Darius' aim was to keep the peace in his empire.

Answer 2

After the Ionian Greeks in Asia Minor revolted, their relatives in Eretria and Athens sent forces to help them. They captured the Persian provincial capital of Sardis, burnt it and destroyed the statues of the Persian gods.

Answer 3

When the Greek city-states in Asia Minor revolted against Persian rule in 499 BCE, mainland Eretria and Athens sent forces to support them, and over-enthusiastically burnt the Persian provincial capital of Sardis, and destroyed the statues of the gods. Darius was infuriated at this interference within his empire and the contemptuous sacrilege, and vowed to avenge himself on them specifically.

After putting down the Ionian Revolt in Asia Minor, he sent a punitive expedition to punish the two cities and set up local tyrants to keep them under control. This failed at Marathon, and he decided to bring all the mainland cities under control to stop further revolutions damaging the peace within his empire.

Answer 4

i have a test over this chapter this coming friday and i have studied this for weeks Daruis was mad becuase some greeks rebelled against him,and helped there fellow greeks fight for asia .