Lesbos Timeline

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