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.ib-former-subdiv-native{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv-flagarms,.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv-flagarms td{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv-flagarms table{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv-flagarms tbody tr:first-child td{width:50%;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv-fake-li{text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal}</style><table class="infobox ib-former-subdiv vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Crete<div class="ib-former-subdiv-native nickname">Κρήτη (<i>Krḗtē</i>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader category">Province of the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader category"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 297 – <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 824/827<br />961–1205</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Macedonia_ad400.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Macedonia_ad400.png/220px-Macedonia_ad400.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Macedonia_ad400.png/330px-Macedonia_ad400.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Macedonia_ad400.png/440px-Macedonia_ad400.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="605" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Macedonia" title="Diocese of Macedonia">Diocese of Macedonia</a>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 400</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gortyn" title="Gortyn">Gortyn</a> (until 820s)<br /><a href="/wiki/Heraklion" title="Heraklion">Chandax</a> (from 961)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Crete separated<br /><span class="nowrap">    </span>from <a href="/wiki/Cyrenaica" title="Cyrenaica">Cyrenaica</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 297</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Crete" title="Emirate of Crete">Muslim conquest</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 824 or 827</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Byzantine reconquest </div></th><td class="infobox-data">960–961</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Genoa" title="Republic of Genoa">Genoese</a> / <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Venetian</a><br /><span class="nowrap">    </span>conquest </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1205</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:95%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border:0; padding-bottom:0"><div id="before-after"></div> <b>Preceded by</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; padding-bottom:0;"><b>Succeeded by</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:0;"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Creta_et_Cyrenaica" class="mw-redirect" title="Creta et Cyrenaica">Creta et Cyrenaica</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Crete" title="Emirate of Crete">Emirate of Crete</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;border:0;"> <table style="width:92%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Crete" title="Emirate of Crete">Emirate of Crete</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Candia" title="Kingdom of Candia">Kingdom of Candia</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Today part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The island of <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a> came under the rule of the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a> in two periods: the first extends from the late antique period (3rd century) to the conquest of the island by <a href="/wiki/Al-Andalus" title="Al-Andalus">Andalusian</a> exiles in the late 820s, and the second from the island's reconquest in 961 to its capture by the competing forces of <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Genoa" title="Republic of Genoa">Genoa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Venice</a> in 1205. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Byzantine_Crete&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_Byzantine_period">First Byzantine period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Byzantine_Crete&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: First Byzantine period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman</a> rule, Crete was part of the joint <a href="/wiki/Roman_province" title="Roman province">province</a> as <a href="/wiki/Crete_and_Cyrenaica" title="Crete and Cyrenaica">Crete and Cyrenaica</a>. Under <a href="/wiki/Diocletian" title="Diocletian">Diocletian</a> (r. 284–305) it was formed as a separate province, while <a href="/wiki/Constantine_the_Great" title="Constantine the Great">Constantine the Great</a> (r. 306–337) subordinated it to the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Moesiae" title="Diocese of Moesiae">Diocese of Moesiae</a> (and later the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Macedonia" title="Diocese of Macedonia">Diocese of Macedonia</a>) within the <a href="/wiki/Praetorian_prefecture_of_Illyricum" title="Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum">praetorian prefecture of Illyricum</a>, an arrangement that persisted until the end of <a href="/wiki/Late_antiquity" title="Late antiquity">late antiquity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ODB545_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODB545-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DOAKS_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOAKS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some administrative institutions, like the venerable <i><a href="/wiki/Koinon" title="Koinon">Koinon</a></i> of the island, persisted until the end of the fourth century,<sup id="cite_ref-Detorakis129_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Detorakis129-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but as elsewhere in the empire these provincial civic institutions were abandoned in face of the increasing power of imperial officials.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Few contemporary sources mention Crete during the period from the 4th century to the Muslim conquest in the 820s. During this time, the island was very much a quiet provincial backwater in the periphery of the Greco-Roman world.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its bishops are even absent from the <a href="/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea" title="First Council of Nicaea">First Council of Nicaea</a> in 325, in contrast to neighbouring islands like <a href="/wiki/Rhodes" title="Rhodes">Rhodes</a> or <a href="/wiki/Kos" title="Kos">Kos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the exception of an attack by the <a href="/wiki/Vandals" title="Vandals">Vandals</a> in 457 and the great earthquakes of <a href="/wiki/365_Crete_earthquake" title="365 Crete earthquake">9 July 365</a>, 415, 448 and 531, which destroyed many towns, the island remained peaceful and prosperous, as testified by the numerous, large and well-built monuments from the period surviving on the island.<sup id="cite_ref-ODB546_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODB546-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 6th-century <i><a href="/wiki/Synecdemus" title="Synecdemus">Synecdemus</a></i>, Crete is marked as being governed by a <i><a href="/wiki/Consularis" title="Consularis">consularis</a></i>, with capital at <a href="/wiki/Gortyn" title="Gortyn">Gortyn</a>, and as many as 22 cities.<sup id="cite_ref-Detorakis129_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Detorakis129-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population in this period is estimated as high as 250,000, and was almost exclusively Christian, except for some Jews living in the main urban centres.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This peace was broken in the 7th century. Crete suffered a raid by the <a href="/wiki/Sclaveni" title="Sclaveni">Slavs</a> in 623,<sup id="cite_ref-ODB546_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODB546-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> followed by Arab raids in 654 and the 670s, during the first wave of the <a href="/wiki/Early_Muslim_conquests" title="Early Muslim conquests">early Muslim conquests</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and again during the first decades of the 8th century, especially under Caliph <a href="/wiki/Al-Walid_I" title="Al-Walid I">al-Walid I</a> (r. 705–715).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thereafter the island remained relatively safe, under the rule of an <i><a href="/wiki/Archon#Byzantine_Empire" title="Archon">archon</a></i> appointed by <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DOAKS_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOAKS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In ca. 732, the emperor <a href="/wiki/Leo_III_the_Isaurian" title="Leo III the Isaurian">Leo III the Isaurian</a> transferred the island from the jurisdiction of the <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a> to that of the <a href="/wiki/Patriarchate_of_Constantinople" class="mw-redirect" title="Patriarchate of Constantinople">Patriarchate of Constantinople</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ODB546_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODB546-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <i><a href="/wiki/Strategos" title="Strategos">strategos</a></i> of Crete is attested in 767, and a seal of a <i><a href="/wiki/Tourmarches" class="mw-redirect" title="Tourmarches">tourmarches</a></i> of Crete is known. This has led to suggestions that the island was constituted as a <a href="/wiki/Theme_(Byzantine_district)" title="Theme (Byzantine district)">theme</a> in the 8th century, perhaps as early as the 730s.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most scholars however do not consider the evidence conclusive enough and think it unlikely that the island was a theme at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-ODB545_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODB545-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DOAKS_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOAKS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arab_conquest_and_Byzantine_reconquest">Arab conquest and Byzantine reconquest</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Byzantine_Crete&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Arab conquest and Byzantine reconquest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the period of Arab rule, see <a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Crete" title="Emirate of Crete">Emirate of Crete</a>.</div> <p>Byzantine rule lasted until the late 820s, when a large group of exiles from <a href="/wiki/Al-Andalus" title="Al-Andalus">Muslim Spain</a> landed on the island and began its conquest. The Byzantines launched repeated expeditions to drive them back, and seem to have appointed a <i>strategos</i> to administer what parts of the island they still controlled. The successive campaigns were defeated however, and failed to prevent the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Saracen" title="Saracen">Saracen</a> stronghold of <a href="/wiki/Chandax" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandax">Chandax</a> on the northern coast, which became the capital of the new <a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Crete" title="Emirate of Crete">Emirate of Crete</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DOAKS_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOAKS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ODB546_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODB546-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fall of Crete to the Arabs posed a major headache for Byzantium, as it opened the coasts and islands of the <a href="/wiki/Aegean_Sea" title="Aegean Sea">Aegean Sea</a> to piracy.<sup id="cite_ref-ODB546_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODB546-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Byzantines_under_Nikephoros_Phokas_besiege_Chandax.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Byzantines_under_Nikephoros_Phokas_besiege_Chandax.png/250px-Byzantines_under_Nikephoros_Phokas_besiege_Chandax.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Byzantines_under_Nikephoros_Phokas_besiege_Chandax.png/375px-Byzantines_under_Nikephoros_Phokas_besiege_Chandax.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Byzantines_under_Nikephoros_Phokas_besiege_Chandax.png/500px-Byzantines_under_Nikephoros_Phokas_besiege_Chandax.png 2x" data-file-width="1572" data-file-height="641" /></a><figcaption>The Byzantines besiege Chandax, from the <i><a href="/wiki/Madrid_Skylitzes" title="Madrid Skylitzes">Madrid Skylitzes</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>A major Byzantine campaign in 842/843 under <a href="/wiki/Theoktistos" title="Theoktistos">Theoktistos</a> made some headway, and apparently allowed for the re-establishment of the recovered parts of the island as a <a href="/wiki/Theme_(Byzantine_district)" title="Theme (Byzantine district)">theme</a>, as evidenced by the presence of a <i>strategos</i> of Crete in the contemporary <i><a href="/wiki/Taktikon_Uspensky" title="Taktikon Uspensky">Taktikon Uspensky</a></i>. However Theoktistos had to abandon the campaign, and the troops left behind were quickly defeated by the Saracens.<sup id="cite_ref-DOAKS_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOAKS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further Byzantine attempts at reconquest in 911 and 949 failed disastrously,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until in 960–961 the general <a href="/wiki/Nikephoros_II_Phokas" title="Nikephoros II Phokas">Nikephoros Phokas</a>, at the head of a huge army, landed on the island and <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Chandax" title="Siege of Chandax">stormed Chandax</a>, restoring Crete to Byzantium.<sup id="cite_ref-ODB546_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODB546-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Treadgold495_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Treadgold495-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_Byzantine_period">Second Byzantine period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Byzantine_Crete&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Second Byzantine period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the reconquest, the island was organized as a regular theme, with a <i>strategos</i> based at Chandax. Extensive efforts at conversion of the populace were undertaken, led by <a href="/wiki/John_Xenos" title="John Xenos">John Xenos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nikon_the_Metanoeite" title="Nikon the Metanoeite">Nikon the Metanoeite</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ODB546_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODB546-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Treadgold495_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Treadgold495-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A regiment (<i>taxiarchia</i>) of 1000 men was raised as the island's garrison, under a separate <i>taxiarches</i> and subdivided into <i><a href="/wiki/Tourma" class="mw-redirect" title="Tourma">tourmai</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-DOAKS_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOAKS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under <a href="/wiki/Alexios_I_Komnenos" title="Alexios I Komnenos">Alexios I Komnenos</a> (r. 1081–1118), the island was ruled by a <i><a href="/wiki/Dux" title="Dux">doux</a></i> or <i><a href="/wiki/Katepano" title="Katepano">katepano</a></i>. By the early 12th century, it came, along with southern Greece (the themes of <a href="/wiki/Hellas_(theme)" title="Hellas (theme)">Hellas</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Peloponnese_(theme)" title="Peloponnese (theme)">Peloponnese</a>) under the overall control of the <i><a href="/wiki/Megas_doux" title="Megas doux">megas doux</a></i>, the commander-in-chief of the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_navy" title="Byzantine navy">Byzantine navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DOAKS_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOAKS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ODB546_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODB546-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aside from the revolt of its governor, Karykes, in 1092/1093, the island remained a relatively peaceful backwater, securely in Byzantine hands until the <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Crusade" title="Fourth Crusade">Fourth Crusade</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DOAKS_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOAKS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ODB546_7-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODB546-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the Crusade, Crete appears to have been granted to <a href="/wiki/Boniface_I,_Marquess_of_Montferrat" class="mw-redirect" title="Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat">Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat</a> as a <i><a href="/wiki/Pronoia" title="Pronoia">pronoia</a></i> by the emperor <a href="/wiki/Alexios_IV_Angelos" title="Alexios IV Angelos">Alexios IV Angelos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Boniface however, unable to extend his control to the island, sold his rights to the island to the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Republic of Venice</a>. In the event, the island was seized by the Venetians' rivals, the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Genoa" title="Republic of Genoa">Republic of Genoa</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it took Venice until 1212 to secure her control over the island and establish it as a Venetian colony, the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Candia" title="Kingdom of Candia">Kingdom of Candia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governors">Governors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Byzantine_Crete&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Governors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Office_of_governor">Office of governor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Byzantine_Crete&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Office of governor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <i><a href="/wiki/Notitia_Dignitatum" title="Notitia Dignitatum">Notitia Dignitatum</a></i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Synekdemos" class="mw-redirect" title="Synekdemos">Synekdemos</a></i>, Crete was governed by a <i><a href="/wiki/Consularis" title="Consularis">consularis</a></i> belonging to the senatorial rank of <i><a href="/wiki/Clarissimus" class="mw-redirect" title="Clarissimus">clarissimus</a></i> between the 4th and 6th centuries. It was one of only four provinces of this rank or higher in the praetorian prefecture of Illyricum, the other eight being of lower rank.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988156_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988156-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 539, there is a lone attestation of a <a href="/wiki/Proconsul" title="Proconsul">proconsul</a> with the rank of <i><a href="/wiki/Vir_spectabilis" class="mw-redirect" title="Vir spectabilis">spectabilis</a></i>, suggesting that the province had been upgraded.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988157_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988157-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The status of the province after <a href="/wiki/Early_Muslim_conquests" title="Early Muslim conquests">early Muslim conquests</a>, when the theme system was being instituted is unclear. It may have been part of the theme of <a href="/wiki/Hellas_(theme)" title="Hellas (theme)">Hellas</a> or <a href="/wiki/Peloponnese_(theme)" title="Peloponnese (theme)">Peloponnese</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988166–167_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988166–167-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was a separate province governed by <a href="/wiki/Archon" title="Archon">archons</a> (an <i>archontia</i>) from the first half of the eighth century. These are mostly known from seals and can be ordered and dated only approximately.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988173–174_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988173–174-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An <i>archontia</i> lacked the military resources of a theme and Crete's lower status relative to the themes was probably a factor in its inability to resist the Arab incursions without major expeditionary forces sent from elsewhere.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988177–178_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988177–178-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Crete is not included in any surviving list of themes, either Byzantine or Arab. In the <i><a href="/wiki/Taktikon_Uspensky" title="Taktikon Uspensky">Taktikon</a></i> of 842/843, there is reference to both a "patrician and strategos of Crete" and an "archon of Crete", implying that Crete had recently been raised to a theme and its governors from archon to <i><a href="/wiki/Strategos" title="Strategos">strategos</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988169–170_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988169–170-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was probably a response to the Arab invasion. According to the <a href="/wiki/Theophanes_Continuatus" title="Theophanes Continuatus"><i>Continuations</i> of Theophanes</a>, the Emperor <a href="/wiki/Michael_II" title="Michael II">Michael II</a> (820–829) appointed <a href="/wiki/Photeinos_(strategos)" title="Photeinos (strategos)">Photeinos</a> "to govern the affairs of Crete",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988168–169_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988168–169-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> probably around 828. He was probably the first <i>strategos</i>, although his authority would have been limited by the Arab conquests. With the failure of the campaign of Theoktistos in 843, the theme of Crete ceased to exist.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988173–174_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988173–174-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_governors">List of governors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Byzantine_Crete&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: List of governors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Crete" title="List of rulers of Crete">List of rulers of Crete</a></div> <dl><dt>Proconsul</dt></dl> <ul><li>Helios (539)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988157_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988157-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>Archon</dt></dl> <ul><li>Theophanes Lardotyros (c. 764–767), also called <i>strategos</i> and <a href="/wiki/Satrap" title="Satrap">archisatrap</a> in the <i>Vita</i> of <a href="/wiki/Stephen_the_Younger" title="Stephen the Younger">Stephen the Younger</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988171_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988171-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>John (8th century), <i><a href="/wiki/Paraphylax" title="Paraphylax">paraphylax</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988168–169_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988168–169-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Leo (8th century), imperial <i><a href="/wiki/Spatharios" title="Spatharios">spatharios</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988168–169_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988168–169-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Basil (8th century), imperial <i>spatharios</i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988168–169_32-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988168–169-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Baasakios (8th/9th century), imperial <i>spatharios</i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988168–169_32-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988168–169-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Nicholas (8th/9th century), imperial <i>spatharios</i> and hypatos<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988168–169_32-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988168–169-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Nicholas (8th/9th century), imperial <i>spatharios</i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Petronas (first years of the 9th century), imperial <i>spatharios</i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Constantine (first quarter of the 9th century), imperial <i>spatharios</i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988168–169_32-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988168–169-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>Strategos</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Photeinos_(strategos)" title="Photeinos (strategos)">Photeinos</a> (c. 828)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988173–174_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988173–174-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Crete" title="Emirate of Crete">Arab rule (843–961)</a></i></li> <li>Michael (10th/11th century), <i><a href="/wiki/Dishypatos" title="Dishypatos">dishypatos</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Basil (c. 1000), patrician<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Bracheon Philaretos (c. 1028), <i><a href="/wiki/Protospatharios" title="Protospatharios">protospatharios</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Eumathios (1028), <i>protospatharios</i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>Doux (katepano)</dt></dl> <ul><li>Michael Karantenos (1088–1089), <a href="/wiki/Vestarch" class="mw-redirect" title="Vestarch">vestarch</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karykes" title="Karykes">Karykes</a> (1090–1092)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Nikephoros Diogenes (before 1094), son of Romanos IV<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Michael (11th/12th century)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>John Elladas (1118), <i><a href="/wiki/Protoproedros" class="mw-redirect" title="Protoproedros">protoproedros</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOikonomidis1980309–310_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOikonomidis1980309–310-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>John Straboromanos (mid-12th century)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Alexios Kontostephanos (1167), nephew of Manuel I<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Constantine Doukas (1183)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Stephen Kontostephanos (1193)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Nikephoros Kontostephanos (1197)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Byzantine_Crete&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_ref-DOAKS_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DOAKS_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Nesbitt & Oikonomides (1994), p. 94</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Detorakis (1986), pp. 128–129</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Detorakis129-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Detorakis129_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Detorakis129_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Detorakis (1986), p. 129</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Detorakis (1986), p. 128</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hetherington (2001), p. 60</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ODB546-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ODB546_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ODB546_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ODB546_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ODB546_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ODB546_7-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ODB546_7-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ODB546_7-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ODB546_7-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ODB546_7-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Kazhdan (1991), p. 546</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hetherington (2001), p. 61</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Detorakis (1986), pp. 131–132</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Detorakis (1986), pp. 130–131</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Detorakis (1986), p. 132</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Treadgold (1997), pp. 313, 325</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Detorakis (1986), pp. 132–133</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Detorakis (1986), p. 133</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Treadgold (1997), p. 378</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">cf. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon 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.citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHerrin1986" class="citation book cs1">Herrin, Judith (1986). 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class="reference-text">Makrypoulias (2000), pp. 347–348</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Makrypoulias (2000), p. 351</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Treadgold (1997), p. 447</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Makrypoulias (2000), pp. 352–356</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Treadgold (1997), pp, 470, 489</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Treadgold495-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Treadgold495_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Treadgold495_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Treadgold (1997), p. 495</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Treadgold (1997), p. 710</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Treadgold (1997), pp. 712, 715</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988156-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988156_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTsougarakis1988">Tsougarakis 1988</a>, p. 156.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988157-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988157_27-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988157_27-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTsougarakis1988">Tsougarakis 1988</a>, p. 157.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988166–167-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988166–167_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTsougarakis1988">Tsougarakis 1988</a>, pp. 166–167.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988173–174-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988173–174_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988173–174_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988173–174_29-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTsougarakis1988">Tsougarakis 1988</a>, pp. 173–174.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988177–178-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988177–178_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTsougarakis1988">Tsougarakis 1988</a>, pp. 177–178.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988169–170-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988169–170_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTsougarakis1988">Tsougarakis 1988</a>, pp. 169–170.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988168–169-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988168–169_32-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988168–169_32-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988168–169_32-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988168–169_32-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988168–169_32-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988168–169_32-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988168–169_32-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTsougarakis1988">Tsougarakis 1988</a>, pp. 168–169.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988171-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988171_33-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTsougarakis1988">Tsougarakis 1988</a>, p. 171.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsougarakis1988361–368_34-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTsougarakis1988">Tsougarakis 1988</a>, pp. 361–368.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEOikonomidis1980309–310-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOikonomidis1980309–310_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFOikonomidis1980">Oikonomidis 1980</a>, pp. 309–310.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Byzantine_Crete&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDetorakis1986" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Detorakis, Theocharis E. 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Komnenos Doukas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_VIII_Palaiologos" title="Michael VIII Palaiologos">Michael VIII Palaiologos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_I_Doukas_of_Thessaly" title="John I Doukas of Thessaly">John I Doukas of Thessaly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikephoros_I_Komnenos_Doukas" title="Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas">Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_I_Komnenos_Doukas" title="Thomas I Komnenos Doukas">Thomas I Komnenos Doukas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Palamas" title="Gregory Palamas">Gregory Palamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demetrios_Kydones" title="Demetrios Kydones">Demetrios Kydones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catalan_Company" title="Catalan Company">Catalan Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Orsini" title="Nicholas Orsini">Nicholas Orsini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andronikos_Asen" title="Andronikos Asen">Andronikos Asen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_II_Orsini" title="John II Orsini">John II Orsini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andronikos_III_Palaiologos" title="Andronikos III Palaiologos">Andronikos III Palaiologos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Monomachos" title="Michael Monomachos">Michael Monomachos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Angelos_(sebastokrator)" title="John Angelos (sebastokrator)">John Angelos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Gabrielopoulos" title="Stephen Gabrielopoulos">Stephen Gabrielopoulos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikephoros_II_Orsini" title="Nikephoros II Orsini">Nikephoros II Orsini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manuel_Kantakouzenos" title="Manuel Kantakouzenos">Manuel Kantakouzenos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_Uro%C5%A1" title="Simeon Uroš">Simeon Uroš</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Preljubovi%C4%87" title="Thomas Preljubović">Thomas Preljubović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esau_de%27_Buondelmonti" title="Esau de' Buondelmonti">Esau de' Buondelmonti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexios_Angelos_Philanthropenos" title="Alexios Angelos Philanthropenos">Alexios Angelos Philanthropenos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_II_Palaiologos" title="Theodore II Palaiologos">Theodore II Palaiologos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gemistos_Plethon" title="Gemistos Plethon">Gemistos Plethon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantine_XI_Palaiologos" title="Constantine XI Palaiologos">Constantine XI Palaiologos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demetrios_Palaiologos" title="Demetrios Palaiologos">Demetrios Palaiologos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Palaiologos" title="Thomas Palaiologos">Thomas Palaiologos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_bureaucracy_and_aristocracy" title="Byzantine bureaucracy and aristocracy">Byzantine bureaucracy and aristocracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_scholars_in_Renaissance" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine scholars in Renaissance">Byzantine scholars in Renaissance</a></li> <li><i>Historians</i>: <a href="/wiki/Niketas_Choniates" title="Niketas Choniates">Niketas Choniates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Akropolites" title="George Akropolites">George Akropolites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicephorus_Gregoras" title="Nicephorus Gregoras">Nicephorus Gregoras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Scylitzes" class="mw-redirect" title="John Scylitzes">John Scylitzes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eustathius_of_Thessalonica" title="Eustathius of Thessalonica">Eustathius of Thessalonica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Glykas" title="Michael Glykas">Michael Glykas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Komnene" title="Anna Komnene">Anna Komnene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joannes_Zonaras" title="Joannes Zonaras">Joannes Zonaras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Kodinos" title="George Kodinos">George Kodinos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Sphrantzes" title="George Sphrantzes">George Sphrantzes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background: #FFDEAD;color:black;">Major centres</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki" title="Thessaloniki">Thessaloniki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Corinth" title="Ancient Corinth">Corinth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystras" title="Mystras">Mystras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patras" title="Patras">Patras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thebes,_Greece" title="Thebes, Greece">Thebes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arta,_Greece" title="Arta, Greece">Arta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ioannina" title="Ioannina">Ioannina</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background: #FFDEAD;color:black;">Greek states after 1204</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Despotate_of_Epirus" title="Despotate of Epirus">Despotate of Epirus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Nicaea" title="Empire of Nicaea">Empire of Nicaea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Thessalonica" title="Empire of Thessalonica">Empire of Thessalonica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Despotate_of_the_Morea" title="Despotate of the Morea">Despotate of the Morea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medieval_Thessaly" class="mw-redirect" title="Medieval Thessaly">Thessaly</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background: #FFDEAD;color:black;"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Byzantine_Empire" title="History of the Byzantine Empire"><span style="color: black">History</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_persecution_of_paganism_under_Theodosius_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian persecution of paganism under Theodosius I">Persecution of paganism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbarian_invasions" class="mw-redirect" title="Barbarian invasions">Barbarian invasions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire_under_the_Heraclian_dynasty" title="Byzantine Empire under the Heraclian dynasty">Under the Heraclian dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Iconoclasm" title="Byzantine Iconoclasm">Byzantine Iconoclasm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Thessalonica_(676%E2%80%93678)" title="Siege of Thessalonica (676–678)">Siege of Thessalonica (676–678)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Patras_(805_or_807)" title="Siege of Patras (805 or 807)">Siege of Patras (805 or 807)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Byzantine_wars" title="Arab–Byzantine wars">Arab–Byzantine wars</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Crete" title="Emirate of Crete">Muslim conquest of Crete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Chandax" title="Siege of Chandax">Byzantine reconquest of Crete</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Renaissance" title="Macedonian Renaissance">Macedonian Renaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_conquest_of_Bulgaria" title="Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria">Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East-West_Schism" class="mw-redirect" title="East-West Schism">East-West Schism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Norman_wars" title="Byzantine–Norman wars">Byzantine–Norman wars</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sack_of_Thessalonica_(1185)" title="Sack of Thessalonica (1185)">Sack of Thessalonica (1185)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Crusade" title="Fourth Crusade">Fourth Crusade</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Olive_Grove_of_Kountouras" title="Battle of the Olive Grove of Kountouras">Battle of the Olive Grove of Kountouras</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Klokotnitsa" title="Battle of Klokotnitsa">Battle of Klokotnitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pelagonia" title="Battle of Pelagonia">Battle of Pelagonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire_under_the_Palaiologos_dynasty" title="Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty">Under the Palaiologos dynasty</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reconquest_of_Constantinople" title="Reconquest of Constantinople">Reconquest of Constantinople</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Prinitza" title="Battle of Prinitza">Battle of Prinitza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Makryplagi" title="Battle of Makryplagi">Battle of Makryplagi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Neopatras" title="Battle of Neopatras">Battle of Neopatras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pharsalus_(1277)" title="Battle of Pharsalus (1277)">Battle of Pharsalus (1277)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Demetrias" title="Battle of Demetrias">Battle of Demetrias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_civil_war_of_1321%E2%80%931328" title="Byzantine civil war of 1321–1328">Byzantine civil war of 1321–1328</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hesychast_controversy" title="Hesychast controversy">Hesychast controversy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Palamism" title="Palamism">Palamism</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Genoese_War_(1348%E2%80%931349)" title="Byzantine–Genoese War (1348–1349)">Byzantine–Genoese War (1348–1349)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zealots_of_Thessalonica" title="Zealots of Thessalonica">Zealots of Thessalonica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_civil_war_of_1341%E2%80%931347" title="Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347">Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Ottoman_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine–Ottoman Wars">Byzantine–Ottoman Wars</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Thessalonica_(1422%E2%80%931430)" title="Siege of Thessalonica (1422–1430)">Siege of Thessalonica (1422–1430)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Echinades_(1427)" title="Battle of the Echinades (1427)">Battle of the Echinades (1427)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morea_revolt_of_1453%E2%80%931454" title="Morea revolt of 1453–1454">Morea revolt of 1453–1454</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_conquest_of_the_Morea" title="Ottoman conquest of the Morea">Ottoman conquest of the Morea</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background: #FFDEAD;color:black;">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_art" title="Byzantine art">Byzantine art</a> (<a href="/wiki/Macedonian_art_(Byzantine)" title="Macedonian art (Byzantine)">Macedonian art</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_music" title="Byzantine music">Byzantine music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_literature" title="Byzantine literature">Byzantine literature</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_romance" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander romance">Alexander romance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miracles_of_Saint_Demetrius" title="Miracles of Saint Demetrius">Miracles of Saint Demetrius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suda" title="Suda">Suda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Anthology" title="Greek Anthology">Greek Anthology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acritic_songs" title="Acritic songs">Acritic songs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_architecture" title="Byzantine architecture">Byzantine architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_dress" title="Byzantine dress">Byzantine dress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_cuisine" title="Byzantine cuisine">Byzantine cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox Christianity">Eastern Orthodox Christianity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_law" title="Byzantine law">Byzantine law</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Constantine_Harmenopoulos" title="Constantine Harmenopoulos">Hexabiblos</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Parigoritissa" title="Church of the Parigoritissa">Church of the Parigoritissa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didymoteicho_Fortress" title="Didymoteicho Fortress">Didymoteicho Fortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feraklos_Castle" title="Feraklos Castle">Feraklos Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gardiki_Castle,_Corfu" title="Gardiki Castle, Corfu">Gardiki Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hexamilion_wall" title="Hexamilion wall">Hexamilion wall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hosios_Loukas" title="Hosios Loukas">Hosios Loukas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kassiopi_Castle" title="Kassiopi Castle">Kassiopi Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meteora" title="Meteora">Meteora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Athos" title="Mount Athos">Mount Athos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monastery_of_Saint_John_the_Theologian" title="Monastery of Saint John the Theologian">Monastery of Saint John the Theologian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monemvasia" title="Monemvasia">Monemvasia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystras" title="Mystras">Mystras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nea_Moni_of_Chios" title="Nea Moni of Chios">Nea Moni of Chios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Metropolis,_Veria" title="Old Metropolis, Veria">Old Metropolis of Veria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panagia_Episkopi" title="Panagia Episkopi">Panagia Episkopi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panagia_Kontariotissa" title="Panagia Kontariotissa">Panagia Kontariotissa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paleochristian_and_Byzantine_monuments_of_Thessaloniki" title="Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki">Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panagia_Ekatontapiliani" title="Panagia Ekatontapiliani">Panagia Ekatontapiliani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patras_Castle" title="Patras Castle">Patras Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porta_Panagia" title="Porta Panagia">Porta Panagia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saints_Theodore_Tyro_and_Theodore_Stratelates_Church,_Serres" title="Saints Theodore Tyro and Theodore Stratelates Church, Serres">Saints Theodoroi, Serres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trikala_Castle" title="Trikala Castle">Trikala Castle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="History_of_the_Roman_and_Byzantine_Empire_in_modern_territories102" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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