A couple of hundred in Asia Minor were in the Persian Empire.Each of the Greek city-states, wherever they were located - inEurope, North Africa or Asia, followed its own interests, bandingtogether in leagues as it suited them in their inter-city disputes,and changing leagues as it suited their interests.Those cities in Asia Minor were of course restive under Persianrule, but many had cut deals in their own interest. The Persianpreferred tactic was to bribe city ruling classes to go along withthe Persian idea of peace and prosperity under their its rule, onlyresorting to force when this failed. This was witnessed by largeGreek city defections at battles during the Ionian Revolt.And the Revolt itself arose when Greek tyrant of Miletus,Aristagoras, got into trouble with the Persian governor over afailed attempt to pillage the Greek city-state of Naxos, and tosave his own skin, set about stirring up the Ionian Revolt.