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Klepht leader, he served under the British in the 1800s. One of the main Greek leaders in the Greek War of Independence, as general-in-chief of the Morea. After Independence, he was a political opponent of the regency during King Otto's minority and imprisoned, narrowly escaping execution. Lieutenant General: Georgios Kondylis: 1878 1936
Cleon (/ ˈ k l iː ɒ n,-ə n /; Ancient Greek: Κλέων Κλεαινέτου Κυδαθηναιεύς (Kleon Kleinetou Kydathinaeis), Ancient Greek: [kléɔːn kle.ai̯.nétuː kyːda.tʰɛːnai̯.ěu̯s]; died 422 BC) was an Athenian general during the Peloponnesian War.
Lists of international rugby union players killed in World War I (4 P) Pages in category "Lists of people killed in World War I" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Alexander with four of his siblings in 1905. Clockwise from far left: Helen, George, Alexander, Paul and Irene. Alexander was born at Tatoi Palace on 1 August 1893 (20 July in the Julian calendar), the second son of Crown Prince Constantine of Greece and Princess Sophia of Prussia.
Pages in category "Greek military personnel of World War I" The following 97 pages are in this category, out of 97 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
By that time, 133,000 Serbian soldiers had been evacuated to Corfu. Over 3,000 died of dysentery and typhus during their stay there, but they were also re-equipped with French arms and formed into six divisions. [52]
Pericles (/ ˈ p ɛr ɪ k l iː z /, Ancient Greek: Περικλῆς; c. 495 –429 BC) was a Greek politician and general during the Golden Age of Athens.He was prominent and influential in Ancient Athenian politics, particularly between the Greco-Persian Wars and the Peloponnesian War, and was acclaimed by Thucydides, a contemporary historian, as "the first citizen of Athens". [1]
A slaveowning member of the Athenian aristocracy, he inherited a large fortune from his father, and had investments in the silver mines around Laurion, in south-east Attica. Following the death of Pericles in 429 BC, Nicias became the principal rival of Cleon and the democrats in the struggle for political leadership of the Athenian state.