The attack on the Thracians by Megabazus The removal of the Paeonians to Asia The slaughter of the Persian envoys by Alexander I of Macedon The failed attack on the Naxians by Aristagoras, tyrant of Miletus The revolt of Miletus against Persia The background of Cleomenes I, king of Sparta, and his half brother Dorieus The description of the Persian Royal Road from Sardis to Susa The introduction of writing to Greece by the Phoenicians The freeing of Athens by Sparta, and its subsequent attacks on Athens The reorganizing of the Athenian tribes by Cleisthenes The attack on Athens by the Thebans and Eginetans The backgrounds of the tyrants of Corinth Cypselus and his son Periander Aristagoras's failed request for help from Sparta, and successful attempt with Athens The burning of Sardis, and Darius's vow for revenge against the Athenians Persia's attempts to quell the Ionian revolt Book VI (Erato) The fleeing of Histiaeus to Chios The training of the Ionian fleet by Dionysius of Phocaea The abandonment of the Ionian fleet by the Samians during battle The defeat of the Ionian fleet by the Persians The capture and death of Histiaeus by Harpagus The invasion of Greek lands under Mardonius and enslavement of Macedon The destruction of 300 ships in Mardonius's fleet near Athos The order of Darius that the Greeks provide him earth and water, in which most consent, including Aegina The Athenian request for assistance of Cleomenes of Sparta in dealing with the traitors The history behind Sparta having two kings and their powers The dethronement of Demaratus, the other king of Sparta, due to his supposed false lineage The arrest of the traitors in Aegina by Cleomenes and the new king Leotychides The suicide of Cleomenes in a fit of madness, possibly caused by his war with Argos, drinking unmixed wine, or his involvement in dethroning Demaratus The battle between Aegina and Athens The taking of Eretria by the Persians after the Eretrians sent away Athenian help Pheidippides's encounter with the god Pan on a journey to Sparta to request aid The assistance of the Plataeans, and the history behind their alliance with Athens The Athenian win at the Battle of Marathon, led by Miltiades and other strategoi (This section starts roughly around 6.100) The Spartans late arrival to assist Athens The history of the Alcmaeonidae and how they came about their wealth and status The