Editing Knossos (section)

===Post-Roman history===
In 325, Knossos became a [[diocese]], suffragan of the [[metropolitan see]] of [[Gortyna]].<ref name="pat">Demetrius Kiminas, ''The Ecumenical Patriarchate'', 2009, {{isbn|1434458768}}, p. 122</ref> In [[Ottoman Crete]], the see of Knossos was in [[Agios Myron]], 14&nbsp;km to the southwest.<ref name="pat" /> The bishops of [[Gortyn]] continued to call themselves bishops of Knossos until the nineteenth century.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Making of the Cretan Landscape|author=Oliver Rackham and Jennifer Moody|publisher=Manchester University Press|year=1996|isbn=0-7190-3646-1|pages=94, 104}}</ref> The diocese was abolished in 1831.<ref name="pat" />

During the ninth century AD the local population shifted to the new town of Chandax (modern [[Heraklion]]). By the thirteenth century, it was called the Makruteikhos 'Long Wall'.

[[Knossos (modern history)|In its modern history]], the name Knossos is used only for the archaeological site. It was extensively excavated by [[Arthur Evans]] in the early 20th century, and Evans' residence at the site served as a military headquarters during [[World War II]]. Knossos is now situated in the expanding suburbs of Heraklion.