Fighting the Power: The Ionian Revolt
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Fighting the Power: The Ionian Revolt
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In 499 BCE, Aristagoras of Miletus led the Ionian Greek cities in a revolt against the Persian Empire. Athens sent a force of 20 ships to support her allies. As Herodotus puts it, “These ships were the beginning of evils for both the Greeks and the barbarians.” In this episode, host Scott Emmons guides you through the five-year revolt, which brought Persia and Greece closer to the great confrontations of the following two decades.
For visuals illustrating aspects of this episode, check out Episode 30 at epicgreekhistory.substack.com.
Reading Suggestions:
Herodotus, Histories Books 5-6
Tom Holland, Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
J. M. Cook, The Persian Empire
Peter Green, The Greco-Persian Wars
Robin Osborne, Greece in the Making 1200-479 BC
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