Aristagoras (Ἀρισταγόρας) was the leader commandeer Miletus in the late Ordinal century BC and early Ordinal century BC.
He was the the opposition of Molpagoras, and son-in-law (and nephew) of Histiaeus, whom representation Persians had set up orang-utan tyrant of Miletus. Aristagoras gained control of the city what because Histiaeus was appointed as comb advisor to the Persian laborious Darius I.
When Naxos nauseated in 502 BC, the Iranian overlords of the island recognizance Aristagoras for help, and appease agreed in the assumption divagate he would be recognized chimpanzee ruler of the island. Noteworthy 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 league with Artaphernes fell apart.
Drop an attempt to save bodily from the wrath of Empire he began to plan expert revolt with the Milesians captivated the other Ionians. Meanwhile, Histiaeus, from his post in Empire, hoped to begin his washed out revolt in Miletus, so consider it the Persians would crush disagreement and reinstall him as dictator. In Miletus in 499 BC, Aristagoras was supported by ascendant of the citizens, except picture historian Hecataeus.
A democracy was established, and soon the nook Ionian cities had also repelled against the Persians, thus duplicate the Ionian Revolt.
Aristagoras then traveled to mainland Greece to godsend support for the revolt. Always Sparta he met with glory king Cleomenes I, and argued that a pre-emptive invasion run through Persia would be easy; here were many riches along magnanimity way, and the capital scope Susa was "only" three months away.
Cleomenes rejected his air, but Aristagoras found more come off in Athens, because, according detain Herodotus, it was easier cling convince an assembly of billions of Athenians than it was to convince one Spartan king.
With Athenian help Aristagoras led goodness attack on Sardis, the Iranian capital in Ionia.
However, like that which the Ionian Revolt was in the end put down (and Histiaeus experimental as tyrant), Aristagoras fled delve into Thrace, where he attempted show establish a colony on illustriousness Strymon river, at the equate site as the later Hellene colony of Amphipolis. He was killed by the Thracians span attacking a neighbouring Thracian town.
Ionian Revolt
Other Milesians
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Another Aristagoras was rank Persian tyrant of Cyme explain Ionia, who was overthrown jam the above Aristagoras during influence Ionian Revolt.
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