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Near the village of Agía Déka — named after ten saints who were martyred here — and widely scattered in farmland, are the remains of Górtis (Gortyn), capital of the island during the Roman era (from 65 b.c.) and also an important city in Minoan times.
Górtis is such a huge site — at its height it had a population of 300,000 — that you will see signposts to remains lying in the midst of crops south of the modern road.
As Górtis rose in prominence towards the end of the first millennium b.c., the fortunes of Phaistós declined, though it had been the seat of power for most of southern Crete in Minoan times.
The island’s most important achievement — and only significant remnant — from this period is the law code of Górtis (see page 36).
Crete remained a province of the Roman Empire until a.d. 395, with Górtis as its capital.