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The Ancient Greek city-states of the 5th century BCE took on one of the most powerful and dangerous empires of the ancient world in a struggle to maintain independence from the Persians. The Persians represented the opposite in ideals of everything that is Greek and threatened the end of political sovereignty, higher thinking, and innovation. Overcoming the Persians was a critical accomplishment by the Greeks in the Greco-Persian wars of the 5th century and can be attributed to their superior strategizing and exceptional leadership in time of crisis.
The Persian wars got its start in 499 BCE on the eastern shores of the Aegean Sea. The Greek colonies of Iona had been taken over by the king of Persia, Darius, and it was not long before they revolted. This revolt has come to be known as the Ionian Revolt. The Greek city-states of Athens and Eretria were called to aid their kinsmen during the opening year of the revolution but soon withdrew. The Ionians held their own until 494......

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