Malla () 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 Minoan civilization was the first civilization in Europe.
During the Iron Age, Crete developed an Ancient Greece-i ...
. One of the first testimonies about Malla is an agreement between the cities of Malla and
Lyctus 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 (; ; 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 I and queen Apollonis, Eumenes was pr ...
of
Pergamon
Pergamon or Pergamum ( or ; ), also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos (), was a rich and powerful ancient Greece, ancient Greek city in Aeolis. It is located from the modern coastline of the Aegean Sea on a promontory on the north s ...
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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