Artaphernes notices and convinces Darius this is bad.
Darius brings him to Susa to be his best friend
Histiaeus sends a secret message via the tattoo on a man's head (shaved him, tattooed him, waited for the hair to grow, sent him away) to Aristagoras, his nephew and son-in-law.
Convinces Aristagoras to rebel against Darius.
Artaphernes finds out.
Aristagoras fails, Histiaeus gets captured by Artaphernes and beheaded.
His head is sent to Darius who cries and has his head washed and buried properly.
Son-in-law and nephew to Histiaeus
Convinced by Histiaeus to rebel against Darius
Gives Miletus its freedom in order to get them on his side
Goes to Sparta and asks for help from Cleomenes but fails
Convinces some Athenians to help him
Miletus refuses to take him back because now that they have tasted freedom they will not go back to tyranny
Aristagoras sends letters to his contacts in Susa, but Artaphernes intercepts them.
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