Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Pan

Crete, the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, is located about 100 km south of the Peloponnese. Crete was the center of Europe's first advanced civilization, the Minoans, from 3000 to 1400 BC. The Minoan civilization was overrun by the Mycenaean civilization from mainland Greece. Crete was later ruled by Rome, then successively by the Byzantine Empire, Andalusian Arabs, the Byzantine Empire again, the Venetian Republic, and the Ottoman Empire. In 1898 Crete, whose people had for some time wanted to join the Greek state, achieved independence from the Ottomans, formally becoming the Cretan State. Crete became part of Greece in December 1913. Heraklion is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete. With a municipal population of about 180.000 it is the fourth largest city in Greece. The greater area of Heraklion has been continuously inhabited since at least 7000 BCE, making it one of the oldest inhabited regions in Europe. As a major center of the Minoan civilization it often considered Europe's oldest city. In the first century BC, the Romans began to take more serious action against the pirates in the Aegean. In 69 BC, Quintus Caecilius Metellus was commissioned by the Senate to conquer Crete. He successfully conquered one Cretan city after another, while Pompey fought the pirates at sea. The Cretans accepted Roman rule without resistance. The island became one of the most peaceful provinces in the entire empire. Under Emperor Augustus, it was united with areas in Libya to form the province of Creta et Cyrenaica. Emperor Diocletian separated the two areas in 298 AD and formed a separate province of Crete. Christianity spread to the island in the 3rd and 4th centuries. Pan, god of shepherds, playing the syrinx, an instrument made of reed. 2nd century AD

The oppidum of the Celtic Alobroges became a Roman colony about 47 BC under Julius Caesar, but the Allobroges managed to expel the Romans. The exiles moved north and founded the colony of Lugdunum (today's Lyon). During the early Empire, Vienna regained all its former privileges as a Roman colony. The city flourished and became the second capital of southern Gaul during the Roman Empire. The first Christians lived in Vienne around 100 AD. In the 3rd century, the city became a bishopric. After the death of the childless last Burgundian king Rudolf III. Vienne fell in 1032 to the German king Conrad II and thus to the Holy Roman Empire. In the 12th century, Vienne became the capital of the Dauphiné. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Vienne experienced an economic boom, numerous houses were built in the half-timbered style of the time, and the cathedral was completed. During the Wars of Religion, the city was fought over and frequently looted. Founded in the 5th century by Bishop Mamert, the Saint-Pierre church became an abbey in the 6th century. It served as a funerary basilica until the 13th century and was then the privileged burial place of the bishops of Vienne. It is claimed that this church is one of the oldest in France. The church has retained its original basilica plan and structured nave. Monastic life ended with the French Revolution. In 1806, the city took possession of the church and set up the first municipal museum there in 1809. This may be Pan, the god of the fields, holding a large pan flute.