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An ancient city of western Asia Minor northeast of modern-day Izmir, Turkey. As the capital of Lydia it was the political and cultural center of Asia Minor from 650 to c. 550 B.C. and remained an important city during Roman and Byzantine times. Sardis was destroyed by the Athenians in 1402.
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Why did the Persians hate the Athenians?
In the early stages of the Ionian Revolt of the Greek city-states in Asia Minor against Persian rule, Athens sent a contingent to help the Athenians, and when they captured the Persian provincial capital of Sardis, they burnt the city down and destroyed the statues of the Persian gods. When the Persians captured Athens 20 years ater, they destroyed the Athenian gods as a mark of retaliation.
Why did the Athenians fight in the battle of Marathon?
To repel a Persian attemp to re-install Athens' banished ex-tyrant Hippias to rule them again and keep them under control, after an Athenian force had been involved in burning down the Persian provincial capital Sardis in Asia Minor.
How did the Athenians continue to fight after Athens was burned?
They abandoned the city before the arrival of the Persian army, their families seeking shelter in the cities of the Peloponnese. Some males stayed in the city, trying to defend the Acropolis (failed), some located themselves on the island of Psyttalia, but most embarked on the 180 ships of their navy and fought at sea. Athens was not burned. The Persians looted it and destroyed the statues of their gods in retaliation for the Athenians burning the Persian gods earlier in Sardis. The Persian didn't burn the city as they used it as accommodating their army in 480 and 479 BCE.
Why did the Persians chose to destroy the acropolis instead of any other building?
The Persians burnt down Athens including the foundations of the new Acropolis being constructed as payback for Marathon after Persia tried to invade Greece to gain more territory and was defeated. The Athenians had previously helped the Ionian Greeks of the Greek city of Sardis, revolt against the tyrannical satrap of Persia and Persian subjugation in which the Persian temple of Cybele was burnt down. The Ionian revolt delayed Persia's attack on Greece and fuelled Persia's lust for more and more land. Xerxes then used the revolt as a pretext to invade mainland Greece. _____________ There was a group of hold-outs defending it and there was also payback - the Athenians had earlier been involved in the looting of the Persian provincial capital of Sardis in Asia Minor, where they destroyed the statues of the gods. But they wanted the city as quarters for their army.
What city did the royal road go through?
sardis
What Persian city did the Greeks burn in 490bc after the battle of marathon?
It was the other way round - the Athenians and Eretrians burnt the Persian provincial capital of Sardis in 498 BCE, which caused the Persians to try to suppress them, frustrated by their loss at Marathon.
What did the Athenians do that so enraged the Persian king Darius?
They responded to a call for aid from their fellow Greeks, the Ionians,who were at the time under Persian rule, The Athenians failed to free the Ionians at the time, but burned the city of Sardis to the ground. Darius was infuriated and demanded to know who has so savaged the city. "The Athenians" was the response.
What happened when the Ionian Greeks revolted Who helped them?
The Persians spent six years putting the revolt down. Eretria and Athens sent forces to assist the Ionians and over-reached by burning down the Persian provincial capital of Sardis which brought a Persian punitive expedition on them, turned back by the Athenians and Plataeans at Marathon.
Why did the Persians hate the Athenians?
In the early stages of the Ionian Revolt of the Greek city-states in Asia Minor against Persian rule, Athens sent a contingent to help the Athenians, and when they captured the Persian provincial capital of Sardis, they burnt the city down and destroyed the statues of the Persian gods. When the Persians captured Athens 20 years ater, they destroyed the Athenian gods as a mark of retaliation.
Why did the Athenians fight in the battle of Marathon?
To repel a Persian attemp to re-install Athens' banished ex-tyrant Hippias to rule them again and keep them under control, after an Athenian force had been involved in burning down the Persian provincial capital Sardis in Asia Minor.
Where is the Sardis Branch in Sardis located?
The address of the Sardis Branch is: 750 Charles Perry Ave., Sardis, 30456 2007
Did the Persians burn Athens to the ground?
No, they wanted to use Athens as a base, so they contented themselves with destroying the walls, and breaking the statues of the gods in retaliation for the Athenians having destroyed the Persian gods in the Persian provincial city of Sardis in Asia Minor when Athenian forces had invaded it 18 years earlier during the Ionian revolt.
Where is the Sardis Public Library in Sardis located?
The address of the Sardis Public Library is: 101 Mclaurin Street, Sardis, 38666 1711
What is the phone number of the Sardis Branch in Sardis?
The phone number of the Sardis Branch is: 478-569-4866.
What was the capital of ancient Lydia?
The city of Sardis.
Where is the Sardis City Public Library in Sardis City located?
The address of the Sardis City Public Library is: 1310 Church Street, Sardis City, 35956 4114
How tall is George Sardis?
George Sardis is 170 cm.
