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Aristocyprus
Aristocyprus () was a king of ancient Greece who ruled over Soli in Cyprus. He is primarily known to us from the works of the historian Herodotus. His father was Philocyprus, whom we know Solon had once visited and praised in poetry at some point. In 497 BCE, Soli under Aristocyprus joined the Ionian Revolt, rebelling against rule over Cyprus by the Achaemenid Empire (whom Herodotus called "Persians") under Darius the Great Darius I ( ; – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE. He ruled the empire at its territorial peak, when it included much of West A .... Aristocyprus would not survive the conflict, and he fell in battle with the Achaemenids that same year. His name means "the best of Cyprus" and he is positioned in the narrative as the most noble among those around him. Herodotus tells us that while other leaders around him deserted or were cut down fleeing, Ari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ionian Revolt
The Ionian Revolt, and associated revolts in Aeolis, Doris (Asia Minor), Doris, Ancient history of Cyprus, Cyprus and Caria, were military rebellions by several Greek regions of Asia Minor against Achaemenid Empire, Persian rule, lasting from 499 BC to 493 BC. At the heart of the rebellion was the dissatisfaction of the Greek cities of Asia Minor with the Tyranny, tyrants appointed by Persia to rule them, along with the individual actions of two Miletus, Milesian tyrants, Histiaeus and Aristagoras. The cities of Ionia had been conquered by Persia around 540 BC, and thereafter were ruled by native tyrants, nominated by the Persian satrap in Sardis. In 499 BC, the tyrant of Miletus, Aristagoras, launched a joint expedition with the Persian satrap Artaphernes to conquer Naxos Island, Naxos, in an attempt to bolster his position. The mission was a debacle, and sensing his imminent removal as tyrant, Aristagoras chose to incite the whole of Ionia into rebellion against the Persian king ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
