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Persian king Darius the Great before the …
Years: 492BCE - 492BCE
Persian king Darius the Great before the Scythian campaign of 513-512 according to Herodotus had sent ships to explore the Greek coasts, but he takes no military action until after Athens and Eretria support the Ionian revolt, which Darius takes as a pretext for launching an invasion of the Greek mainland.
After the suppression of the rebellion, Mardonius, Darius' son-in-law, is given charge of an expedition against Athens and Eretria, but the loss of his fleet in a storm off Mount Athos in 492 BCE forces him to abandon the operation.
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- Athens, City-State of
- Ionians
- Greece, classical
- Persian people
- Eretria, City-State of
- Achaemenid, or First Persian, Empire
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- Younger Subboreal Period
- Iron Age Europe
- Iron Age Cold Epoch
- Classical antiquity
- Greco-Persian Wars, Early
- Persian Invasion of Greece, First
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Years: 492BCE - 492BCE
Locations
People
Groups
- Athens, City-State of
- Ionians
- Greece, classical
- Persian people
- Eretria, City-State of
- Achaemenid, or First Persian, Empire
Topics
- Younger Subboreal Period
- Iron Age Europe
- Iron Age Cold Epoch
- Classical antiquity
- Greco-Persian Wars, Early
- Persian Invasion of Greece, First
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions