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Lesbos joined the Delian League and revolted unsuccessfully against Athens in 428-27 BC Later, Lesbos passed to Macedonia, Rome, and the Byzantine Empire. It was taken by the Ottoman Turks in 1462 and became part of Greece in 1913.

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