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Lyttian War
Ancient Crete
Date
c. 220 BC – c. 216 BC
Location
Crete
Territorial changes
Knossian defeat, most of Crete comes under Macedonian influence
Belligerents
Knossos, Gortys, Kydonia, Rhodes, Aetolian League
Polyrrhenia, Lyttos, Lappa, Macedonia, Achaean League
The Lyttian War[1] was an internal conflict fought from around 220 BC to about 216 BC between two coalitions of Cretan city-states, led by Knossos and Polyrrhenia respectively. The events of the war are recorded by the historian Polybius.[2] It is considered "the greatest war in Cretan history" during Antiquity.[1]
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