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.R.L.Playfair, 1892
Ancient history In prehistory the powerful city of Kydonia commanded the Gulf of Chania and was a center of early Cretan art and culture in western Crete.C.M.Hogan, 2008 By 74 BC the city-state of Kydonia fended off an attack by Rome in a naval battle in the Gulf of Chania.Chania during antiquity
See also Britomartis
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References 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