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1000 BCE - 900 BCESettlers from Thessaly arrive on Lesbos.
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c. 650 BCE - 570 BCELife of Pittakos, elected tyrant of Mytilene on Lesbos.
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c. 630 BCEAristocrats remove the ruling Penthelid clan from power on Lesbos.
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c. 620 BCE - c. 570 BCELife of Sappho of Lesbos.
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c. 480 BCE - 395 BCELife of the historian Hellanicus of Mytilene.
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428 BCEMytilene on Lesbos unsuccessfully revolts against the Athenian domination of the Delian League.
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231 BCEPyrrha on Lesbos is destroyed by an earthquake.
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168 BCEThe Romans destroy Antissa on Lesbos.
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84 BCEThe Roman general and politician Lucullus captures Lesbos.
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79 BCEMytilene on Lesbos is sacked by the Romans after the city supported Mithridates VI.