Ancient city

Cytaeum

Greece

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Cytaeum or Kytaion (Ancient Greek: Κύταιον) was a town on the north coast of ancient Crete. It is mentioned by Ptolemy, Pliny the Elder, Nonnus, and Stephanus of Byzantium. Cytaeum minted coins dated to c.

350-325 BCE with the inscription «ΚΥ». The site of Cytaeum is tentatively located near modern Almyrida.