The Gulf of Chania is an embayment of the Sea of Crete in the northwestern region of the island of Crete in present-day Greece. One headland forming the Gulf of Chania is the promontory known as the Akrotiri Peninsula.[1]
Ancient history
editIn prehistory the powerful city of Kydonia commanded the Gulf of Chania and was a center of early Cretan art and culture in western Crete.[2] By 74 BC the city-state of Kydonia fended off an attack by Rome in a naval battle in the Gulf of Chania.[3]
See also
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editReferences
edit- Chania during antiquity
- C. Michael Hogan, Cydonia, The Modern Antiquarian, Jan. 23, 2008
- Robert Lambert Playfair (1892) Handbook to the Mediterranean: Its Cities, Coasts and Islands, J. Murray publisher
35°35′13″N 23°54′50″E / 35.587°N 23.914°E
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