Event Datis and Artaphernes' campaign

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Was the military campaign of Achaemenid generals Datis and Artapherne during the First Persian Invasion of Greece.

Chronology

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  • February 489 BC: In -489, the Persian fleet, led by King Darius I, sailed to Naxos to punish the Naxians for their resistance to the failed expedition led by Mardonius a decade earlier. The territory of Naxos was then taken over by Athenai.
  • January 489 BC: The Persian fleet, led by King Darius I, sailed next to Naxos to punish the Naxians for their rebellion against the Achaemenid Empire. The failed expedition a decade earlier had resulted in the Persians being driven out of the island.