The Dictatorship

The Dictatorship occurred when Phillip Helladid The Elder usurped the power of the Republic Confederacy and made himself dictator of Crete. From 520-540 AVC Crete suffered under the rule of Helladid who grew increasingly deatched from reality. After Phillip Helladid's death, he willed that his son Phillip Helladid The Younger be coronated King of Crete. Helladid The Younger denied this title and restored Crete to a Oligarchic Republic earning himself the cognomen The Greater and ushering in the era of the Second Republic.

The Dictatorship saw the the rise of Crete as a power in the Aegean, after the Macedonian Intervention and the conquests of Argolis, Lamia and Thessaly, giving Crete a foothold in the continent.

Notable Events
529 - 531 AVC - The Macedonian Intervention and the addition of Argolis, Lamia and Thessaly to Crete.