Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Krete yakaparadzaniswa neCyrenaica. Rakaramba riri dunhu mukati mehafu yokumabvazuva yoUmambo hweRoma, kazhinji kazhinji rainzi Umambo hweRoma Hwokumabvazuva (Byzantine) pashure pokugadzwa kwedhorobha rechipiri muConstantinople naConstantine muna 330. Krete yakatambudzwa navaVandal muna 467, kudengenyeka kukuru kwa
365 na415, kudenha kwevaSlav muna 623, kudenha kwevaArab muna 654 uye makore a670, uye zvakare muzana remakore rechi8. Muna, Mambo Leo III Isaurian akatamisa chitsuwa ichi kubva pasi pesimba raPapa kuenda kuPatriarchate yeConstantinople.