- 499 BC
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* After a failed attack on the rebellious island of Naxos in
502 BC (on behalf of the Persians),Aristagoras , to save himself from the wrath of Persia, plans a revolt with the Milesians and the other Ionians. With the encouragement ofHistiaeus (his father-in-law and former tyrant ofMiletus ),Aristagoras , governor ofMiletus , induces the Ionian cities of Asia Minor to revolt against Persia, thus instigating theIonian Revolt and beginning theGreco-Persian Wars between Greece and Persia. The pro-Persian tyrant ofMytilene is stoned to death.
*Aristagoras seeks help with the revolt against the Persians fromCleomenes I , the King ofSparta , but the Spartans are unwilling to respond.
*Miltiades the Younger , the ruler of theThracian Chersonese , which has been under Persian suzerainty since approximately514 BC , joins the Ionian revolt. He seizes the islands ofLemnos andImbros from the Persians.Births
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