240. 490s BC Ionian Revolt: The Empire Strikes Back
About this episode
The episode discusses the Ionian Revolt against the Persian Empire in the 490s BC and the challenges faced by the rebels.
The popular thing to do in the Greek world of the 490s BC was to revolt against the Persians Having launched their revolt in the name of freedom, the Ionian "freedom fighters" soon discover that the Persian Empire has no intention of quietly accepting rebellion. Bernie and Dan follow the next stage of the conflict as the Great King's forces begin to recover the initiative and the fortunes of Aristagoras take an increasingly uncertain turn. But the plucky rebels are putting up quite a fight. Can they pull it off? We've got naval battles, biting horses, ambushes, and pull out your Fan of History bingo card because you might hear "Gyges". Links: How to Build, Sail, and Ram and Ancient Greek Trireme Maritime History Podcast: https://music.youtube.com/podcast/cGp0EeB-Jm4 PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO WHAT'S NEW IN HISTORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/@whatsnewinhistory This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski. Contact information: E-mail: zimwaupodcast@gmail.com http://facebook.com/fanofhistory https://twitter.com/danhorning https://www.instagram.com/dan_horning/ Music: “Tudor Theme” by urmymuse. Used here under a commercial Creative Commons license. Find out more at…
People in this episode
Hosts: Dan Hörning, Bernie Maopolski
Topics covered
- Ionian Revolt
- Persian Empire
- naval battles
- Greek history
- freedom fighters
- conflict
Keywords
- Ionian Revolt
- Persian Empire
- Aristagoras
- naval battles
- Greek history
- freedom fighters
- Gyges
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Gyges
Places: Persian Empire
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