Ionian Revolt (499–493 BCE)

1. Aristagoras launches the failed Naxos expedition

   Jan 1, 499 BCELabels: Aristagoras, Naxos, Miletus

   • Britannica
   • Siege Naxos

2. Aristagoras abolishes tyranny and proclaims revolt

   Oct 1, 499 BCELabels: Aristagoras, Miletus

   • Britannica
   • Herodotus summary

3. Sparta refuses; Athens and Eretria send ships

   Jan 1, 498 BCELabels: Sparta, Athens, Eretria

   • Britannica

4. Ionian-Greek forces capture and burn Sardis

   Apr 1, 498 BCELabels: Sardis, Athens, Eretria

   • Britannica
   • Siege Sardis

5. Persians defeat the rebels near Ephesus

   Jun 1, 498 BCELabels: Ephesus, Persian army

   • Britannica
   • Siege Sardis

6. Revolt spreads to Cyprus and Caria

   Dec 1, 498 BCELabels: Cyprus, Caria

   • Britannica
   • Siege Sardis

7. Aristagoras killed in Thrace after leaving Ionia

   Jan 1, 497 BCELabels: Aristagoras, Thrace

   • Herodotus summary
   • History of War

8. Cypriot revolt crushed after battles near Salamis

   Jul 1, 497 BCELabels: Onesilus, Cyprus

   • Britannica
   • Onesilus

9. Persians reconquer Hellespont and Propontis cities

   Aug 1, 497 BCELabels: Hellespont, Propontis

   • Britannica
   • Herodotus summary

10. Carians ambush and defeat Persians at Pedasus

    Jan 1, 496 BCELabels: Caria, Pedasus

    • Pedasus
    • Herodotus summary

11. Ionian fleet defeated at the Battle of Lade

    Oct 20, 494 BCELabels: Battle of, Ionian fleet

    • Livius
    • Britannica

12. Miletus falls after Persian victory at sea

    Dec 1, 494 BCELabels: Miletus, Persian navy

    • Britannica
    • Livius

13. Histiaeus captured and executed by Artaphernes

    Jan 1, 493 BCELabels: Histiaeus, Artaphernes

    • Britannica

14. Persia completes suppression of remaining rebel cities

    Dec 1, 493 BCELabels: Achaemenid Persia, Ionia

    • Britannica