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He was defeated,and the great king was not pleased.
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Aristagoras knew he was in a lot of trouble
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and so he decided that
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this was the time for the Greeks of Asia Minor
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to acquire their freedom from the Persians,
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and he was obviously a very persuasive talker
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and went around to the various Greek cities
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and was able to persuade most of them to join in the rebellion,
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which is indicative,of course,
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of the fact that they
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were not happy in their position as subjects of the great king.
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So, they rebel against the tyrants