Lasaea

Lasaea, also spelled Lasaia, was a city on the south coast of ancient Crete, close to the roadstead known as Fair Havens where the apostle Paul landed. No other ancient writer mentions it under this name, and it is probably the same place as the Lisia of the Peutinger Table, sixteen Roman miles east of Gortyna. The manuscripts differ on the name: some read Lasea, others Alassa, and the Vulgate reads Thalassa, which Theodore Beza argued was the true form. The Stadiasmus Maris Magni calls the place Halas, says it had a harbour, and puts it 50 stadia from Leben and 80 stadia from Matala. The site is placed near modern Kaloi Limenes, the Greek name meaning Fair Havens, opposite the island of Trafos. The identification rests on a handful of ancient itineraries and a single biblical mention, so the exact extent of the settlement remains uncertain.