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From non-existence to Controlling much of western Anatolia, the black sea coast Aegean and even the mighty cities of Delphoi, Athenai, Sparta and Thebes Crete has really became successful and has managed to raise a navy across it's many ports which defeated the fleet of the Ptolemes and even raided Alexandria Itself ! and while the Ptolemaic empire still won against the Long standing Cretan ally of the Orontid kingdom the defeat that the Cretans managed to inflict is still impressive. meanwhile west of the empire the mighty Romans have not attacked Crete and indirectly helped by weakening the Antipatrid kingdom so much that it allowed Crete to rise from a mere regional power to a major power of the Black sea and Aegean.

Also a certain Jesus was born but that not important (yet)

from the previous post that was in 622 Crete went from a country controling two separate region in the southern Black sea and in the southern Aegean sea with its connection with it's black sea territory at the mercy of the Antipatrids and Troas to being the one who control the passage between the Black sea and the Aegean ! not only that but an outpost was established on Crete by gently asking (Threathening war) for Neo paphos and a neighboring territory. Two of the vassals of Crete were also annexed those being Histros and Getia with the latter having some of it's territory re released as subjects while others like Abritus and Calchedon became subjects out of their own desires.