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A Greek polis in ancient Lesbos.
Establishment
January 699 BC: Establishment of the city-state of Mytilene in the 8th century BC.
January 699 BC: Mytilene was a polis from the VI century BC.
Chronology
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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.
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 Mytilene left the Delian League led by Athens. This decision was made during the Peloponnesian War, a conflict between Athens and Sparta.
January 426 BC: Mytilene fell to the Athenian general Paches and, along with the other cities of the island except for Methymna, had an Athenian cleruchy imposed on it.
2.1.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).
January 403 BC: Following the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC, Adramyttium came again under the control of Mytilene.
Was a conflict in ancient Greece which pitted Sparta against a coalition of city-states comprising Thebes, Athens, Corinth and Argos, backed by the Achaemenid Empire.
3.1.The King's Peace / Peace of Antalcidas
Was a peace treaty guaranteed by the Persian King Artaxerxes II that ended the Corinthian War in ancient Greece.
January 385 BC: Mytilene retained control of Adramyttium until 386 BC, after which the city formed again part of the Persian Empire by the terms of the Peace of Antalcidas.
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.
January 599 BC: The year of foundation of the polity of Herakleia (Aiolis) is based on peer group of similar polities in the same region (Phersu Atlas assumption).
January 599 BC: The city of Adramyttium was founded in the 6th century BC.
January 599 BC: The year of foundation of the polity of Kisthene is based on peer group of similar polities in the same region (Phersu Atlas assumption).
January 599 BC: The year of foundation of the polity of Nasos is based on peer group of similar polities in the same region (Phersu Atlas assumption).
Disestablishment
January 333 BC: The Persian fleet managed to conquer Lesbos.
Selected Sources
André-Salvini, B. (2005): Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia, University of California Press, p. 45
Malczynski, R (2009): Die griechische Welt im Zeitalter des Aristoteles, Düsseldorf (Germany), pp. 5-6
Spence, I. (2002): Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek Warfare, Scarecrow Press, p. XXII
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