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He didn't invade Greece - he sent a punitive expedition against Athens and Eretria, both of which had supported the uprising of Miletus in Asia Minor against Persian rule. In the process, the Athenian and Eretrian forces had burnt the provincial Persian capital of Sardis. After the partial failure of this punitive expedition of 490 BCE against Eretria (captured, inhabitants enslaved) and Athens (turned back at Marathon), Darius determined to bring mainland Greece within his empire. As the mainland cities had been supporting revolts by other Greek cities within his empire (not only Athens and Eretria), 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 to be rulers under his rule, ie puppets). Those who resisted would be captured, and puppet 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.
The Persian king decided to invade Greece because the city of Athens had sent ships and soldiers to aid a rebellion in the Persian controlled West Shore of Asia Minor (Modern Turkey) it is said that the Persian king had a slave tell him "Remember the Athenians" three times each time he eat dinner.
After Athens supported the Greek cities of Asia Minor in their revolt against Persia, and helped burn the Persian provincial capitat of Sardis, Persia decided to instal a puppet ruler in Athens to stop this external interference destabilising its empire.
An amphibious expedition was sent to capture the culprits of Athens and Eritrea. An expelled Athenian tyrant Hippias was to be installed to rule Athens. The invasion was repelled at Marathon.
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What two Persian leaders tried to take over Greece?
Darius I in 490 BC, and his son Xerxes in 480 BC.
Which son of darius became a Persian ruler?
Xerxes I of Persia became king of Persia in 486BC and continued his father's campaigns against Greece in the Persian Wars.
What war started after the Ionian revolt?
The Greek-Persian war's, started because Athens and Eritrea sent ships to assist the Ionian's in separating from the Persian empire, because a divided Persia is easier to conquer. It was Darius who began preparations to attack Greece but soon after he died and his son Xerxes took over the task. This was a retaliation against Greece ( an eye for an eye), Persia was not the aggressor.
Alexander the Great's first victories against the Persians gave him control of what region?
After conquering and uniting Greece Alexander went on to conquer the major countries of Asia Minor and the Middle East. Alexander defeated the Persian king, Darius III, and united the Persian Empire with Greece.
What was the Persian campaign?
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.
Who did Greece fight at marathon and Salamis?
Persian King Darius I
Which Persian leader was the first to attack mainland Greece?
King Darius I the Great.
Who was the ruler during the first persian war who was determined to conquer greece?
Darius I .
Who led the Persian army that invaded Greece in 480bce?
Darius
Who ordered the first Persian invasion of Greece?
The first Persian invasion of Greece was during the Persian Wars in 492 BCE. It was ordered by the Persian King Darius I to punish the city-states of Athens and Eretria.
When the The Persian Wars started when Emperor Darius I began an invasion of Greece. What caused Darius to decide to attack Greece?
When the Greek city-states within the Persian Empire in Asia Minor revolted in 499 BCE, mainland Greece cities Eretria and Athens sent military force to assist this Ionian Revolt. After the revolt was put down, Darius decided to punish these cities and sent an expedition. This was repelled at Marathon, so Darius decided that the only way to stop the mainland Greek city-states disturbing the peace in his empire was to bring them under control of a Persian governor. He began bribing the cities, and planned an invasion to bring the others under control, but died and the project was taken on by his successor Xerxes.
Who was the Son of darius and heir to the Persian empire he led Persian forces in a campaign to conquer Greece in 480 BC?
Xerxes
That the Persian ruler that invaded Greece after the city-states rebelled?
Xerxes son of Darius
What two Persian leaders tried to take over Greece?
Darius I in 490 BC, and his son Xerxes in 480 BC.
What are the two Persian leaders that wanted to conquer Greece?
Darius the 1st and his son Xerxes the 1st .
What is one of Darius's methods of restoring order to the Persian empire?
Bribing the aristocracies of the Greek city-states in mainland Greece to accept Persian overlordship.
What battle was it that Darius was defeated by the Greeks?
Darius the Great's commander Datis came to grief at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC (First Persian invasion of Greece) .
