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The Persian commanders assembled a large naval taskforce, crewed by their subject peoples, especially the Phoenicians. This armada sailed to Ionia and met the rebel fleet at Lade in 494 BC. The larger Persian fleet utterly defeated the rebel navy <ref>Holland, p 99</ref>. Also, in 494 BC the army of Darius captured the city of Miletus, which was devastated. By now leaderless, the rebellion collapsed, and Ionia was reincorporated into the Persian Empire, and by 493 BC, the last remnants of resistance to Darius had collapsed.
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====Impact on Ionia====