| Crete Κρήτη (Krḗtē) | |||||||||||||
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| Province of the Byzantine Empire | |||||||||||||
| c. 297 – c. 824/827 961–1205 | |||||||||||||
 Diocese of Macedonia, c. 400 | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Gortyn (until 820s) Chandax (from 961) | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| c. 297 | |||||||||||||
| c. 824 or 827 | |||||||||||||
• Byzantine reconquest | 960–961 | ||||||||||||
| 1205 | |||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Greece | ||||||||||||
The island of Crete came under the rule of the Byzantine Empire in two periods: the first extends from the late antique period (3rd century) to the conquest of the island by Andalusian exiles in the late 820s, and the second from the island's reconquest in 961 to its capture by the competing forces of Genoa and Venice in 1205.