Ionian Revolt

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The Ionian Revolt was an early 5th-century BCE uprising of Greek city-states in Asia Minor against Persian rule that helped spark the wider Greco-Persian Wars.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ionian Revolt canonical 12
Pentecontaetia 1
Persian sack of Eretria 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict
revolt
uprising
chronologicallyFollows Persian conquest of Phocaea
surface form: Persian conquest of Lydia
chronologicallyPrecedes Battle of Marathon
hasBattle Battle of Cypriot Revolt
Battle of Ephesus
Battle of Lade
Burning of Sardis
hasCause Persian-imposed tyrannies in Ionian cities
desire for political autonomy
heavy tribute and economic burdens
resentment of Persian rule
hasConsequence Darius I’s decision to punish Athens and Eretria
Greco-Persian Wars
surface form: Persian invasion of mainland Greece

enslavement and deportation of many Milesians
heightened Greek-Persian hostility
outbreak of the First Persian invasion of Greece
spread of anti-Persian sentiment among Greek poleis
hasEndTime 493 BCE
hasKeyFigure Aristagoras of Miletus
Artaphernes
Darius I of Persia
surface form: Darius I

Histiaeus of Miletus
Lade admirals
Miltiades the Younger
Onesilus of Salamis
hasLanguageOfParticipants Ancient Greek
hasLocation Aegean Sea region
Asia Minor
Cyprus
Dardanelles
surface form: Hellespont

Ionia
Sea of Marmara
surface form: Propontis

western coast of Anatolia
hasMainParticipants Achaemenid Empire
Athens
Eretria
Ionian Greek city-states
hasOutcome Persian victory
destruction of Miletus
reimposition of Persian control over Ionia
hasPoliticalNature anti-imperial rebellion
hasRegionInvolved Aeolis
Caria
Doris
Lydia
hasReligiousAspect participation of Greek sanctuaries and oracles in decision-making
hasRulingPower Achaemenid Empire
hasStartTime 499 BCE
opposedBy Darius I of Persia
partOf Greco-Persian Wars
recordedBy Herodotus
supportedBy Athens
Eretria

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Greco-Persian Wars hasPart Ionian Revolt
Archidamian War chronologicallyFollows Ionian Revolt
this entity surface form: Pentecontaetia
Clazomenae participatedIn Ionian Revolt
Miltiades the Younger participatedIn Ionian Revolt
Ionian Greek associatedWith Ionian Revolt
Eretria participatedIn Ionian Revolt
Eretria event Ionian Revolt
this entity surface form: Persian sack of Eretria
Ionian League associatedWith Ionian Revolt
Ionians rebelledIn Ionian Revolt
Erythrae associatedWith Ionian Revolt
Artaphernes participatedIn Ionian Revolt
Histories coversEvent Ionian Revolt
Samians participatedIn Ionian Revolt