Darius I - king of the Persians
Peter - Military general
Darius I: Aristagoras really caused quite an uproar. To think, one of our own men would lead a rebellion against us! It almost cost us our control Lydia and all the Greek cities in Asia Minor.
Peter: Yes sir, but he wouldn't have been able to do it without help from the Athenians. But now that you are in command, we have control over them once again.
Darius I: I do not want Athens to get away so easily for their little rebellion… Have all of our best soldiers attack Athens so that we may also have control over them.
Peter: Yes, I will send my best men.
After the expedition…
Peter: King Darius, our soldiers were strong, but Athens has defeated them in the battle of Marathon.
Darius I: This is merely an inconvenience. We control practically the entire world, and Athens is just one city. We will conquer them in due time.
(The next king, Xerxes, also tried to conquer sent a massive attack into Greece to conquer Athens, but the Greek soldiers forced the Persians to retreat, and it remained unconquered.)
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