-512 ⟶ Macedonia Becomes a Vassal of the Achaemenid Empire

The Kingdom of Macedonia, under King Amyntas I, becomes a va...
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🤝 Macedonia Becomes a Vassal of the Achaemenid Empire

The Kingdom of Macedonia, under King Amyntas I, becomes a vassal state to the Achaemenid Empire.⟶
Macedonia Becomes a Vassal of the Achaemenid Empire (-512)
Ancient greeceAchaemenid EmpireVassal StateImperialismPersian WarsPolitical Alliances
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⚔️ Persian Attack on Naxos

Naxos is attacked by the Persian Empire.⟶
Persian Attack on Naxos (-501)
Ancient greecePersian EmpireIonian RevoltMilitary ConflictNaval WarfareWarfare
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⚔️ Persian Empire's Failed Attack on Naxos

Aristagoras, acting on behalf of the Persian Empire, leads a failed attack on the rebellious island of Naxos.⟶
Persian Empire's Failed Attack on Naxos (-499)
Ancient greecePersian EmpireIonian RevoltMilitary Campaign
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⚔️ Greeks Defeat Persians at Plataea

The Battle of Plataea, the Greeks defeat the Persians, ending the Persian Wars.⟶
Greeks Defeat Persians at Plataea (-479)
Ancient greecePersian EmpirePersian WarsMilitary HistoryBattleWarfareXerxes IVictory
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⚔️ Athens Makes Peace with Sparta, Then War with Persia

Athens makes peace with Sparta and wages a war against Persia.⟶
Athens Makes Peace with Sparta, Then War with Persia (-451)
Ancient greecePeloponnesian WarPersian WarsWarfareMilitary StrategyDiplomacy
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🗣️ Lysias's Olympiad Rebuke: Criticizing Greek Subjugation

Lysias, the Athenian orator, on the occasion of the Olympiad, rebukes the Greeks for allowing themselves to be dominated by the Syracusan tyrant Dionysius I and by the barbarian Persians.⟶
Lysias's Olympiad Rebuke: Criticizing Greek Subjugation (-384)
Ancient greeceRhetoricOratoryTyrannyPersian EmpireAthenian Democracy
GreeceGreeceIranIran