Histories

After this he was put to the sword by the Thracians, he and his army, as he was besieging a town, even though the Thracians were ready to depart from it under treaty.

This was the end of Aristagoras, after he had brought about the Ionian revolt. Histiaeus, the tyrant of Miletus [27.3,37.5] (Perseus) Miletus, arrived in Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus) Sardis after he was let go by Darius. When he came there from Shush [48.333,32.2] (inhabited place), Khuzestan, Iran, AsiaSusa, Artaphrenes, the governor of Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus) Sardis, asked him for what reason he supposed the Ionians had rebelled; Histiaeus said that he did not know and marvelled at what had happened, pretending to have no knowledge of the present troubles.