Methymna

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A Greek polis in ancient Lesbos.

Establishment

January 699 BC: Methymna was founded in the VI century BC.

Chronology

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1. Wars of Cyrus the Great

Were a series of expansionistic military campaigns by the first Achaemenid ruler Cyrus the Great.

January 545 BC: Achaemenid Empire conquests in Asia Minor. Cyrus the Great conquers the Ionian Greeks.

2. Greco-Persian Wars

Were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states.

2.1.Ionian Revolt

Were a series of revolts of Greek city-states of Asia Minor against Achaemenid rule.

2.1.1.Persian counter-offensive agains the rebel Poleis

Were a series of military offensives by the Achaemenids to reconquere rebel territories in Asia Minor.

January 492 BC: In -493 BC, the Persian fleet and army, led by the Persian king Darius I, wintered at Miletus before launching a campaign to suppress the Ionian Revolt. The islands of Chios, Lesbos, and Tenedos were captured by the Persian forces as they sought to regain control of the region.

3. Peloponnesian War

Was an ancient Greek war fought between Athens and Sparta and their respective allies for the hegemony of the Greek world.

January 427 BC: In -428, the city of Methymna left the Delian League, which was led by Athens at the time. The Delian League was an alliance of Greek city-states formed to defend against the Persian Empire, but Athens eventually turned it into an empire of its own.

January 426 BC: Methymna fell to the Athenian general Paches.

3.1.Second Phase - Deceleian War

Was the second phase of the Peloponnesian War, where Sparta allied with Persia against Athens, which capitulated and lost its empire.

January 403 BC: The Delian League was dissolved upon the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War with the defeat of Athens (404 BC).

4. Wars of Alexander the Great

Were a series of conquests that were carried out by Alexander III of Macedon (known as Alexander "The Great") from 336 BC to 323 BC. Alexander conquered the Persian Empire and also expanded his kingdom into the Indian Subcontinent.

4.1.Alexander's War in Persia

Were the military campaigns by Alexander the Great King of Macedon in the territories of the Achaemenid Empire.

4.1.1.Persian Conquest of Lesbos

Was a Persian military expedition tha resulted in the conquest of the island of Lesbos.

January 333 BC: The Persian fleet managed to conquer Lesbos.