Mezue ahịrịokwu na - esonụ: E kewapụrụ Krit na Saịrenika. Ọ nọgidere bụrụ ógbè dị n'akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Alaeze Ukwu Rom, nke a na-akpọkarị Alaeze Ukwu Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Rom (Byzantium) mgbe Constantine guzobere isi obodo nke abụọ na Constantinople na 330. Ndị Vandals wakporo Crete n'afọ 467, nnukwu ala ọma jijiji nke
365 na 415, mwakpo ndị Slav mere na 623, mwakpo ndị Arab mere na 654 na 670s, na ọzọ na narị afọ nke 8. Na, Emperor Leo nke Atọ nke Isaurian bufere agwaetiti ahụ site na ikike nke Pope gaa na nke Patriarchate nke Constantinople.