Read this article to learn about the six causes of the failure of the Ionian Revolt. 1. The Ionian revolt failed because the European and the Asiatic Greeks did not combine. Sparta, the strongest military power did not come forward with the help it could render. Athens and Eretria, specially the former came to join the rebels out of a [...]
Read this article to learn about the actual results and consequences of the Ionian Revolt. The Ionian revolt ending with the fall of Miletus had a profound influence on the subsequent history of Athens. True that during the revolt Miltiades the tyrant of Chersonese sided with the rebels and conquered for Athens where he came over from Chersonese, the isles [...]
Read this article to learn about the comparative strength and weakness of the parties on the eve of the Ionian Revolt. Our information about the comparative strength and weakness of the revolted Ionian Greeks and the Persians is meagre. From the occasional and indirect references an estimate of the respective strength and weakness may however be made. Of the two [...]