A history of the ancient world, for high schools and academies . ughout the northern i^gean, where a new satrapywas formed. It was clear that the Great King would notThe Menace stop uutil all the Greek peninsula acknowledged his scep-tre. Some Greek communities were already reconciledto this prospect and had sought the aid of Persia in thesettlement of their difficulties. Among these were Thebesand Argos; the Delphic Oracle steadily favored submis-sion, and even Athens in the early days of Cleisthenes hadoffered to do homage. It seemed that the lack of Greekunity, set over against the mighty c
A history of the ancient world, for high schools and academies . ughout the northern i^gean, where a new satrapywas formed. It was clear that the Great King would notThe Menace stop uutil all the Greek peninsula acknowledged his scep-tre. Some Greek communities were already reconciledto this prospect and had sought the aid of Persia in thesettlement of their difficulties. Among these were Thebesand Argos; the Delphic Oracle steadily favored submis-sion, and even Athens in the early days of Cleisthenes hadoffered to do homage. It seemed that the lack of Greekunity, set over against the mighty centralized power ofPersia, would make successful defence Ionian 143. But cvcnts bcyoud the control of the Greek statesmade a conflict unavoidable. In 499 the Greek citiesof Ionia under the leadership of Miletus rebelled againstthe Persians and sought help from Sparta and former refused, but Athens sent twenty ships andEretria five. The revolt, after lasting six years, was putdown in 494 Persia immediately set about punishing.
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