First Persian invasion of Greece
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Were a series of campaigns of Achaemenid ruler Darius the Great against the poleis of Greece resulting in Persian occupation of Thrace but also in the Persian defeat in Greece proper.
Chronology
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January 480 BC: Parapotamioi was destroyed in 480 BC.
January 489 BC: Pholegandros passed under Persian control during the First Persian invasion of Greece.
January 489 BC: Syros passed under Persian control during the First Persian invasion of Greece.
January 489 BC: Arkesine passed under Persian control during the First Persian invasion of Greece.
January 489 BC: Minoa passed under Persian control during the First Persian invasion of Greece.
January 489 BC: Anaphe passed under Persian control during the First Persian invasion of Greece.
January 480 BC: Hyampolis was destroyed in 480 BC.
October 490 BC: The Persian defeat at Marathon ended for the time being the Persian invasion of Greece.
January 480 BC: Teithronion was destroyed in 480 BC.
January 489 BC: Mykonos passed under Persian control during the First Persian invasion of Greece.
January 490 BC: Persian embassies demanded the submission of Greek states. The citizens decided to submit to the Persian ambassadors.
January 490 BC: The Athenians, troubled by the possibility of Persia using Aegina as a naval base, asked Sparta to intervene. Faced with two Spartan kings, the Aeginetans capitulated.
January 490 BC: The Persians besiege and destroy Eretria.
January 489 BC: The Persian fleet, led by King Darius I, approached Delos in -490. The Delians, fearing the Persian invasion, abandoned their homes and sought refuge elsewhere. The territory of Delos eventually fell under the control of the Achaemenid Empire.
January 489 BC: Aigiale passed under Persian control during the First Persian invasion of Greece.
January 489 BC: Andros passed under Persian control during the First Persian invasion of Greece.
January 489 BC: Paros passed under Persian control during the First Persian invasion of Greece.
January 489 BC: Ios passed under Persian control during the First Persian invasion of Greece.
January 489 BC: Ioulis passed under Persian control during the First Persian invasion of Greece.
January 489 BC: Koresia passed under Persian control during the First Persian invasion of Greece.
January 489 BC: Poiessa passed under Persian control during the First Persian invasion of Greece.
January 489 BC: Keria passed under Persian control during the First Persian invasion of Greece.
January 489 BC: Kimolos passed under Persian control during the First Persian invasion of Greece.
January 489 BC: Kythnos passed under Persian control during the First Persian invasion of Greece.
January 489 BC: Rheneia passed under Persian control during the First Persian invasion of Greece.
January 489 BC: Seriphos passed under Persian control during the First Persian invasion of Greece.
January 489 BC: Sikinos passed under Persian control during the First Persian invasion of Greece.
January 489 BC: Siphnos passed under Persian control during the First Persian invasion of Greece.
January 489 BC: Tenos passed under Persian control during the First Persian invasion of Greece.
January 489 BC: Thera passed under Persian control during the First Persian invasion of Greece.
February 489 BC: The Persian fleet, led by King Darius I, approached Delos, a sacred island in the Aegean Sea. The Delians, fearing the Persian invasion, abandoned their homes and sought refuge in nearby Athenai. This event marked the beginning of the Greco-Persian Wars.
January 488 BC: The colony was established about 450 BC, during the first Athenian empire, and was retained by Athens (with brief exceptions) for the next six centuries.
January 485 BC: Colchis is conquered by Persia.
January 485 BC: Phasis, a city in Colchis, was conquered by the Achaemenid Empire under the rule of Darius I in -486. This event marked the incorporation of Colchis into the Persian Empire, as evidenced by later historical events.
January 485 BC: The towns of Halisarna, Pergamum, and Teuthrania had been given by the Persian king Darius I to the Spartan king Demaratus about the year 486 BC for his help in the expedition against Greece.
January 482 BC: Megara was incorporated into Syracuse around 483 BC.
January 480 BC: Greek colony established in the V century BC by East Greeks.
January 480 BC: Euboia was incorporated into Syracuse in the V Century.
January 480 BC: Charadra was destroyed in 480 BC.
January 480 BC: Drymos was destroyed in 480 BC.
January 480 BC: Elateia (Phokis) was destroyed in 480 BC.
January 480 BC: Erochos was destroyed in 480 BC.
January 480 BC: Neon/Tithorea was destroyed in 480 BC.
January 480 BC: Pedieis was a city-state in ancient Greece, located in the region of Attica. It was destroyed in 480 BC during the Greco-Persian Wars, specifically during the Persian invasion of Greece led by King Xerxes I. The territory of Pedieis was subsequently left unclaimed by any entity.
January 480 BC: Phanoteus was destroyed in 480 BC.
January 480 BC: Eion was fortified in the V Century.
January 480 BC: Abai was occupied for a short period by the Persians in the invasion of Xerxes in their march through Phocis (480 BC).
January 480 BC: Daulis was destroyed in 480 BC.
Was the military campaign of Achaemenid general Mardonius during the First Persian Invasion of Greece.
January 491 BC: The army then marched through Thrace, re-subjugating it, since these lands had already been added to the Persian Empire in 512 BC.
January 491 BC: The Persian fleet crossed to Thasos, resulting in the Thasians submitting to the Persians.
January 491 BC: Whilst the Persian army was camped in Macedon, the Brygians, a local Thracian tribe, launched a night raid against the Persian camp, killing many of the Persians, and wounding Mardonius. Despite his injury, Mardonius made sure that the Brygians were defeated and subjugated, before leading his army back to the Hellespont.
Was the military campaign of Achaemenid generals Datis and Artapherne during the First Persian Invasion of Greece.
February 489 BC: In -489, the Persian fleet, led by King Darius I, sailed to Naxos to punish the Naxians for their resistance to the failed expedition led by Mardonius a decade earlier. The territory of Naxos was then taken over by Athenai.
January 489 BC: The Persian fleet, led by King Darius I, sailed next to Naxos to punish the Naxians for their rebellion against the Achaemenid Empire. The failed expedition a decade earlier had resulted in the Persians being driven out of the island.
Selected Sources
Hansen, M. G. / Nielsen, T. H. (2004): An inventory of archaic and classic polities, Oxford University Press, p. 1394
Hansen, M. G. / Nielsen, T. H. (2004): An inventory of archaic and classic polities, Oxford University Press, pp. 1363-1364
Spence, I. (2002): Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek Warfare, Scarecrow Press, p. XXIII
Tucker, S.C. (2011) Battles that changed History - An Encyclopedia of World Conflict, ABC-CLIO, pp.11-14
