Iraklio: All Data
1. Lists and Timelines
Candia: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
574 BC
Capital of Herakleion
215 BC
Mentioned in Event: Lyttian War
199 BC
Mentioned in Event: Cretan War (204-199 BC)
68 BC
Mentioned in Event: Roman Annexation of Crete
42 BC
Mentioned in Event: Liberators' Civil War
286 AD
Mentioned in Event: Early Tetrarchic Period
306 AD
Mentioned in Event: Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
314 AD
Mentioned in Event: Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
325 AD
Mentioned in Event: Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
337 AD
Mentioned in Event: Division of the Empire among the sons of Constantine the Great
351 AD
Mentioned in Event: Roman civil war of 350-353
353 AD
Mentioned in Event: Roman civil war of 350-353
395 AD
Mentioned in Event: Definitive Division of the Roman Empire
960 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Chandax, part of Arab-Byzantine Wars
1033 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Thema of Crete, part of Byzantine Empire
1206 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Candia
1206 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Candia
1206 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Candia
1206 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Candia
1206 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Candia
1648 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Candia, part of Ottoman invasion of Crete
1897 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty of Constantinople (1897)
1913 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty of Bucarest
1924 AD
Mentioned in Event: Proclamation of the Second Hellenic Republic
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Crete
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Greece divided in Occupation zones by Axis powers
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: German Withdrawal from Greece (World War II)