Crete

7000 BCE

Knossos is first settled.

3600 BCE

Phaistos is first inhabited.

2000 BCE

The first palace at Phaistos is constructed.

1900 BCE

Construction begins on the Palace of Minos at Knossos.

1650 BCE

The Palace of Minos at Knossos is rebuilt on a grander scale at Knossos.

1450 BCE

The palace at Phaistos is destroyed.

1350 BCE

Palace of Minos at Knossos is destroyed.

1200 BCE

Knossos begins a resurgence, but the Palace of Minos is not rebuilt.

900 BCE

Approximate foundation of Itanos per archeological records.

750 BCE

Phaistos is re-inhabited.

630 BCE

The necropolis in Orthi Petra, which serves as a burial site for elite citizens, is constructed in Eleutherna.

630 BCE

Kyrene founded by settlers from Thera, with help from navigators at Itanos. Battos I becomes its first king.

525 BCE-
400 BCE

The Gortyn Code in chiseled into a wall in Gortyna. Its fragments are the second longest Greek inscription remaining.

429 BCE

Kydonia is attacked by Athens after pro-Spartan accusations by Gortyna.

344 BCE

Knossos takes Lyttos with the help of Phalaikos of Phokis.

343 BCE

Knossos is an ally of Philip II of Macedonia.

343 BCE

Kydonia is besieged by Phalaikos and his mercenaries, aided by Phokaia. He is killed when lightning strikes a siege engine.

305 BCE

Demetrios Poliorketes besieges Rhodes and invents many new siege engines for the purpose (earning him the title ‘besieger’) but he fails and is forced to leave them. Knossos provides troops to support Rhodes.

220 BCE

Aptera attacked and captured by Kydonia.

220 BCE

Eleutherna triggers the Lyttian War by accusing Rhodes of murdering their leader Timarchos.

220 BCE-
216 BCE

The Lyttian War is fought between an alliance led by Knossos and one led by Polyrhenion. On the side of Knossos were Rhodes, the Aetolian League, and Kydonia. On the side of Polyrhenion were Lyttos, Macedon, and the Achaian League.

205 BCE

Philip V convinces Hierapytna and Olous to declare war on Rhodes.

201 BCE

Philipoemen is invited to Gortyna and takes control of its military.

197 BCE

The Aetolian League aids Rome in defeating Philip V in the Battle of Cynoscephalae. Philip pauses for a day at Gonnos for troops who had survived the battle. Several hundred soldiers from Gortyna participate on the Roman side.

184 BCE
183 BCE

Priansos and other cities in Crete sign an alliance with Eumenes II of Pergamon.

170 BCE

Polyrhenion and Kydonia capture Apollonia.

140 BCE

Praisos is burned down by Hieropytna.

68 BCE

The Romans under Metellus capture Knossos, Lyttos, and Kydonia.

67 BCE

The Roman general Quintus Caecilius Metellus conquers Crete, incorporating it into the Roman Republic. Eleutherna, along with Gortyna, Knossos, and Kydonia, come under Roman rule

67 BCE

The Roman Senate chooses Gortyna over Knossos as the capital of the new province Crete and Kyrene.

67 BCE

Romans sent to counter piracy destroy Phalasarna.

64 BCE

Gortyna made the capital of the Roman province of Crete and Carthage.

36 BCE

Knossos becomes a Roman colony named Colonia Iulia Nobilis.

31 BCE

Augustus gives Kydonia its freedom due to their assistance.

365 CE
July 21

An earthquake destroys Aptera, Gortyna, Eleutherna, and Knossos on Crete. Alexandria is devastated by a tsunami, and Kyrene is also affected by the same tsunami. Kydonia is also damaged. In the Peloponnese, Messene is affected.