After the partial failure of his punitive expedition of 490 BCE against Eretria (captured, inhabitants enslaved) and Athens (turned back at Marathon and in front of the city), Darius determined to bring mainland Greece within his empire. The mainland cities had been supporting revolts by the Greek cities within his empire (esp Athens and Eretria) and he thought that by absorbing mainland Greece, he would establish an ethnic frontier in the west.
He therefore determined to bring whatever cities he could under his rule peacefully (by bribes, and promise to make a faction in a city, rulers under his rule). Those who resisted would be captured, and rulers imposed on them.
He was temporarily diverted by an uprising in Egypt, and then died without launching the expedition. His son Xerxes began to carry it out in 480 BCE.
Darius I in 490 BC, and his son Xerxes in 480 BC.
516 BCE.
It was the campaign by King of Kings Xerxes of Persia (Achaemenid dynasty), son of Darius the Great, who followed in the steps of his father and attacked the Western fronts of the Persian Empire to expand Persia and to conquer Greece.
They did not conquer Greece. They had incorporated the Greek city-states in Asia Minor into their empire, but their attempts to bring the rest of the Greek world under Persian control failed. The reason they wanted to control the mainland cities was to stop the Greek cities creating disruption in their empire with their constant fighting amongst each other, which spilled over into territory ruled by Persia.
No they did not.
they where mad at Greece
Darius I .
Darius the 1st and his son Xerxes the 1st .
Xerxes
Darius I in 490 BC, and his son Xerxes in 480 BC.
In 490 BC Greeks victoriously fought Persians in the Battle of Marathon in an attempt from King Darius I to subjugate Greece.
516 BCE.
Xerxes was a son of the ruler Darius the First. He tried to conquer Greece again. In 480 BC, the Persian Army set out for Greece. They were also joined by the Persian Navy. I think they lost the war.
Darius was the third king of the Persian Empire and the father of Xerxes I (the king of Persia mentioned in 300). He was the first Persian to attempt to invade Greece and was ultimately defeated at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.
He was a king of Greece
Greece support rebellion in Persia
It was the campaign by King of Kings Xerxes of Persia (Achaemenid dynasty), son of Darius the Great, who followed in the steps of his father and attacked the Western fronts of the Persian Empire to expand Persia and to conquer Greece.