499 BC

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1st millennium BC
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Events

  • Aristagoras, acting on behalf of the Persian Empire, leads a failed attack on the rebellious island of Naxos.
  • Aristagoras instigates the Ionic Revolt, beginning the Persian Wars between Greece and Persia.
  • Sardis destroyed by Athenian and Ionian troops.
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