Ancient Greece
Ionian city-states under Persian rule rebelled against their Persian-supported tyrant rulers
Ionia (Present-Day Western Anatolia, Turkey)
In 499 BC, the Ionian city-states under Persian rule rebelled against their Persian-supported tyrant rulers. Supported by troops sent from Athens and Eretria, they advanced as far as Sardis and burnt the city before being driven back by a Persian counterattack. The revolt continued until 494 BC, when the rebelling Ionians were defeated.