490 BCE
Persians burn Naxos and raze Eretria
In 490 BCE a Persian fleet under Datis and Artaphernes burns Naxos and takes the Cyclades. Eretria falls after a six-day siege when two citizens open its gates; the city is razed and its people enslaved.
490 BCE
In 490 BCE a Persian fleet under Datis and Artaphernes burns Naxos and takes the Cyclades. Eretria falls after a six-day siege when two citizens open its gates; the city is razed and its people enslaved.