Polycrates (r. c. 535-522 BCE) was the tyrant of Samos who established Samian naval supremacy in the eastern Aegean and strove for control of the Aegean Sea and mainland towns of Ionia in the 6th century BCE. Polycrates had a successful career until the Persian Oroetus (r. c. 530-520 BCE) lured him to the mainland and had him crucified.
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535 BCE - 522 BCEPolycrates rules as tyrant of Samos.
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525 BCESparta and Corinth unsuccessfully attack Polycrates of Samos.
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522 BCEPersian satrap Oroetus takes Samos and the tyrant Polycrates is crucified.
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c. 520 BCEA new temple is built and dedicated to Hera on Samos during the reign of Polycrates.
