Naxos

Region: Southern Europe · Coordinates: 37.058, 25.482 · 4 events

Events

YearSourceAccount
499 BCHerodotus, HistoriesAristagoras and Megabates lead an expedition against Naxos, but it fails
490 BCHerodotus, HistoriesDatis and his company load horses and troops onto ships in Cilicia and sail via Ionia to Naxos; the Naxians flee to the mountains
469 BCThucydides, History of the Peloponnesian WarNaxos leaves the alliance and is brought back after a siege, the first allied city to be subjugated
377 BCDiodorus Siculus, Library of HistoryCabrias sailed to Naxos and fought a naval battle.
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