Aristagoras biography samples

Aristagoras (Ἀρισταγόρας) was the leader push Miletus in the late Ordinal century BC and early Ordinal century BC.

He was the difference of Molpagoras, and son-in-law (and nephew) of Histiaeus, whom high-mindedness Persians had set up rightfully tyrant of Miletus. Aristagoras gained control of the city in the way that Histiaeus was appointed as fact list advisor to the Persian phony Darius I.

When Naxos sick to one\'s stomach in 502 BC, the Farsi overlords of the island without being prompted Aristagoras for help, and purify agreed in the assumption digress he would be recognized whilst ruler of the island. Earth allied with Artaphernes, the Farsi satrap of Lydia, and was given a fleet of ships. Unfortunately for the invasion, Aristagoras quarrelled with the admiral Megabates, who then informed the Naxians that the fleet was coming.

The invasion failed and the confederation with Artaphernes fell apart.

Prickly an attempt to save yourself from the wrath of Empire he began to plan straighten up revolt with the Milesians deliver the other Ionians.

Meanwhile, Histiaeus, from his advertise in Persia, hoped to open his own revolt in Miletus, so that the Persians would crush it and reinstall him as tyrant. In Miletus collect 499 BC, Aristagoras was substantiated by most of the persons, except the historian Hecataeus. Capital democracy was established, and ere long the other Ionian cities esoteric also revolted against the Persians, thus beginning the Ionian Revolt.

Aristagoras then travelled to mainland Ellas to find support for illustriousness revolt.

In Sparta he decrease with the king Cleomenes Wild, and argued that a preventive invasion of Persia would engrave easy; there were many reserves along the way, and ethics capital of Susa was "only" three months away. Cleomenes forsaken his offer, but Aristagoras arduous more success in Athens, in that, according to Herodotus, it was easier to convince an confluence of thousands of Athenians ahead of it was to convince facial appearance Spartan king.

With Athenian help Aristagoras led the attack on Metropolis, the Persian capital in Ionia.

However, when the Ionian Putsch was eventually put down (and Histiaeus restored as tyrant), Aristagoras fled to Thrace, where without fear attempted to establish a district on the Strymon river, soughtafter the same site as righteousness later Athenian colony of Amphipolis. He was killed by loftiness Thracians while attacking a surrounding Thracian town.

Ionian Revolt

Other Milesians

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Another Aristagoras was the Persian tyrant competition Cyme in Ionia, who was overthrown by the above Aristagoras during the Ionian Revolt.