The Twitter Herodotus

6.41 When Miltiades heard the Persians were near, he left for Athens w/5 ships. 4 made it, but the 5th, commanded by M's son, was captured.

6.42 For the rest of that year [493] the Persians refrained from further conquest. They organized Ionia into districts for tax purposes.

6.43 In the spring Darius' son-in-law Mardonius established democracies in Ionia, then crossed the Hellespont, headed for Eretria & Athens.

6.44 His forces conquered Thasos and Macedon, but his fleet was destroyed when trying to round Athos.

6.45 His army was attacked by the Thracian Brygi. Many were killed. Mardonius was wounded. He conquered the Brygi and returned to Asia.

6.46 The next year Darius bid the Thasians pull down their walls and bring their ships to Abdera. The Thasians earned $$$ from gold mines.

6.47 I've seen their gold mines. The most impressive are the ones on the east coast, which the Phoenicians discovered.

6.48 Darius sent heralds throughout Greece to demand earth & water. He sent others to his coastal cities bidding them to construct warships.

6.49 Of the Greeks, some on the mainland submitted, and all the islands, including Aegina. The Athenians complained to Sparta about Aegina.

6.50 Cleomenes, the Spartan king, crossed to Aegina to arrest people, but they opposed him, per the advice of Demaratus, Spartan king #2.