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History (2)

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By Romans

ANTISSA (Ancient city) LESVOS
In 167 B.C. the Romans destroyed Antissa, and gave her territory to Methymna.

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The place was conquered by:

By Memnon of Rhodes (336 B.C.)

ERESSOS (Ancient city) LESVOS
He gathered a force of mercenaries, manned three hundred ships, and pursued the conflict vigorously. He secured Chios, and then coasting along to Lesbos easily mastered Antissa and Methymna and Pyrrha and Eressus.

Perseus: Diodorus Siculus, Library (ed. C. H. Oldfather, 1989).

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