Erythraea or Erythraia ( grc, Ἐρυθραῖα) was an ancient town in

Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...

. Its location is unknown. Florus mentions it alongside Kydonia and

Knossos Knossos (also Cnossos, both pronounced ; grc, Κνωσός, Knōsós, ; Linear B: ''Ko-no-so'') is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and has been called Europe's oldest city. Settled as early as the Neolithic period, the na ...

as submitting to Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus. Florus, ''Epitome of Roman History'', 3.7.

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