The Siege of Kastania was fought in 1770 between the Maniots and the klephts under Kostantinos Kolokotronis and Panagiotaros Venetsakis and the Ottoman Empire under Ali Bey.
The Orlov Revolt had been a disaster for the Greeks that revolted against the Ottomans and the Maniots who were the only free Greeks. The Ottomans forced the Maniots to pay tribute annually and to have a bey who came from Mani. Even though the Maniots were bottled by the fier...
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The Siege of Kastania was fought in 1770 between the Maniots and the klephts under Kostantinos Kolokotronis and Panagiotaros Venetsakis and the Ottoman Empire under Ali Bey.
The Orlov Revolt had been a disaster for the Greeks that revolted against the Ottomans and the Maniots who were the only free Greeks. The Ottomans forced the Maniots to pay tribute annually and to have a bey who came from Mani. Even though the Maniots were bottled by the fierce Turko-Albanian soldiers who ravaged the Peloponnese they still managed to cause damage to the Ottomans with their pirate ships and with raids into Laconia. Amongst the most prominent were Konstantinos Kolokotronis and Panagiotaros Venetsakis.
From their towers in Kastania they attacked Ottoman lands and caused much damage. The pasha of the Peloponnese, Hassán Ghazi was preparing his invasion of Mani and he saw that it to exterminate the Kastanian menaces. When his fleet arrived at Gytheio he sent 10,000 men under the command of his second...
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