Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - 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 yakarwiswa nevaVandal muna 467, kudengenyeka kukuru kwenyika muna 365
uye 415, kurwisa kwevaSlav muna 623, kurwisa 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.