What is Battle of Lade?
{{Infobox military conflict |conflict=Battle of Lade |partof=the [[Ionian Revolt]] & [[Greco-Persian Wars]] | image= Ionian revolt Battle of Lade.jpg | image_size = 250 |caption=Map of Lade, [[Miletus]], and the [[Mycale]] peninsula. |date=494 BC |place= Near the island of [[Miletus|Lade]], off the coast of [[Miletus]] |result=Decisive [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian]] victory |territory= |combatant1=[[Ionia]] |combatant2=[[Achaemenid Empire|Persian Empire]] |commander1=[[Dionysius of Phocaea]] |commander2=[[Datis]] (?) |strength1= 353 ships (Herodotus) |strength2= 600 ships (Herodotus) |casualties1= 246 ships |casualties2= 57 ships }} The '''Battle of Lade''' was a [[naval battle]] which occurred in 494 BC. It was fought between an alliance of the [[Ionia]]n cities (joined by the [[Lesbos|Lesbians]]) and the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian Empire]] of [[Darius the Great]]. The Persians won the revolt and this led to the end of the war.<ref>Herodotus [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0126;layout=;query=chapter%3D%23142;loc=1.141.1 I, 142–151]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Battles]]