GRECO-PERSIAN WARS

499-493 BCE

IONIAN REVOLT

Greek regions revolt against Persian rule – most notably in Ionia but also with related uprisings in Aeolis, Caris, Doris and Cyprus. The Persians crush the revolts but they’re the first major conflict between Greece and Persia. The Ionian Revolt represents the beginning of the Greco-Persian Wars.

547 BCE

PERSIAN CONQUEST OF IONIA 01

Cyrus the Great of Persia conquers the Greek-inhabited region