Malla ( grc, Μάλλα) was a town of
ancient Crete
The history of Crete goes back to the 7th millennium BC, preceding the ancient Minoan civilization by more than four millennia. The palace-based Minoan civilization was the first civilization in Europe.
After the Minoan civilization was devast ...
. One of the first testimonies about Malla is an agreement between the cities of Malla and
Lyctus
Lyctus or Lyttos (Greek: or ), was one of the most considerable cities in ancient Crete, which appears in the Homeric catalogue. Lyttos is now a village in the municipality of Minoa Pediada.
Lyctus in mythology
According to Hesiod, ''Theogony ...
dated to the 3rd century BCE. It is also mentioned in the list of Cretan cities that signed an alliance with
Eumenes II
Eumenes II Soter (; grc-gre, Εὐμένης Σωτήρ; ruled 197–159 BC) was a ruler of Pergamon, and a son of Attalus I Soter and queen Apollonis and a member of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon.
Biography
The eldest son of king Attalus ...
of
Pergamon
Pergamon or Pergamum ( or ; grc-gre, Πέργαμον), also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos (), was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Mysia. It is located from the modern coastline of the Aegean Sea on a promontory on th ...
in the year 183 BCE. Coins minted by Malla dated between the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE with the inscription «ΜΑΛ» survive.
Its site is located near modern
Malles.
References
Populated places in ancient Crete
Former populated places in Greece
Hellenistic Crete
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