Lyttian War

Lyttian War
	; Ancient Crete
Date	c. 220 BC – c. 216 BC
Location	Crete
Territorial; changes	Knossian defeat, most of Crete comes under Macedonian influence
Belligerents
Knossos, ; Gortys, ; Kydonia, ; Rhodes, ; Aetolian League	Polyrrhenia, ; Lyttos, ; Lappa, ; Macedonia, ; Achaean League
Commanders and leaders
	Plator of Illyria, ; Philopoemen
Strength
Unknown Cretan forces, ; 1,000 Aetolians, ; 6 Rhodian ships	Unknown Cretan forces, ; 400 Illyrians, ; 200 Achaeans, ; 100 Phocians

The Lyttian War was an internal conflict fought from around 220 BC to about 216 BC between two coalitions of Cretan city-states, led by Knossos and Polyrrhenia respectively. The events of the war are recorded by the historian Polybius. It is considered "the greatest war in Cretan history" during Antiquity.