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The siege of Sardis, 19th-century engraving The Sardis citadel, seen from the west Cyrus had issued orders for Croesus to be spared, and the latter was hauled a captive before his exulting foe. Cyrus' first intentions to burn Croesus alive on a pyre were soon diverted by the impulse of mercy for a fallen foe and, according to ancient versions ...
The siege of Sardis was the first major engagement of the Ionian Revolt. An allied Greek army launched an attack on the Persian satrapal capital of Sardis but were ultimately repelled by Persian forces, however most of the city was set alight during the siege.
Remains of the acropolis of Sardis. [39] The burning of Sardis by the Greeks during the Ionian Revolt in 498 BC. In the spring of 498 BC, an Athenian force of twenty triremes, accompanied by five from Eretria, set sail for Ionia. [33] They joined up with the main Ionian force near Ephesus. [40]
Hippias fled to Sardis to the court of the Persian satrap, Artaphernes, and promised control of Athens to the Persians if they were to help restore him. [29] In the meantime, Cleomenes helped install a pro-Spartan tyranny under Isagoras in Athens, in opposition to Cleisthenes , the leader of the traditionally powerful Alcmaeonidae family, who ...
The New Year's Day attack left 14 people dead and dozens wounded after Jabbar drove the vehicle into a crowd on a busy block of Bourbon Street. The incident occurred around 3:15 a.m. local time.
The IDF played a gruesome, 46-minute montage of extended footage that it says captures parts of Hamas' deadly attack on Oct. 7. Israel shows Hamas attack videos as it tries to keep focus on ...
New Orleans killer terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar posted a barrage of deranged ISIS videos on social media just minutes before unleashing his deadly New Year’s Day attack, the feds revealed ...
In 499 BC, Sardis was attacked and burned by the Ionians as part of the Ionian Revolt against Persian rule. The subsequent destruction of mainland Greek cities was said to be retribution for this attack. When Themistocles later visited Sardis, he came across a votive statue he had personally dedicated at Athens, and requested its return. [6]