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Name: Pyrrha

Type: Polity

Start: 699 BC

End: 334 BC

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A Greek polis in ancient Lesbos.

Establishment


  • January 699 BC: Pyrrha was a polis from 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. 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-state of Pyrrha left the Delian League.
  • January 426 BC: Pyrrha fell to the Athenian general Paches.

  • 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).

  • 3. 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.

    3.1.Alexander's War in Persia

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

    3.1.1.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.

  • 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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