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Konstantinos Doumbiotis
Konstantinos Doumbiotis () was a Greek revolutionary and military officer. He was born around 1793 in Doumbia of Chalkidiki, the son of Theofilos Doumbiotis. He served the Ottoman administration of Chalkidiki as a ''subaşi'' in the Mademochoria. Along with his siblings Vasilikos, Stergios, Nikolaos, Polychronis, and the Kassandrine Anastasios Chymeftos, he participated in the Greek War of Independence in Chalkidiki as one of the lieutenants of Emmanouel Pappas. After the suppression of the Greek uprising in Chalkidiki in November 1821 he went to Naoussa, where he fought alongside Anastasios Karatasos. After the destruction of Naoussa he fled to Skopelos via Aspropotamos and Zagora. The first written mention of his name is cited in a document from May 1822 from Skopelos. Doumbiotis took part with Karatasos and other Macedonian chieftains in many battles in south and central Greece, like in Skiathos in 1823, in the Battle of Neokastron at Pylos in 1825, in the protection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the Geography of Greece, mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, spanning List of islands of Greece, thousands of islands and nine Geographic regions of Greece, traditional geographic regions. It has a population of over 10 million. Athens is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western culture, Western civilisation and the birthplace of Athenian democracy, democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major History of science in cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Neokastron
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force commitment. An engagement with only limited commitment between the forces and without decisive results is sometimes called a skirmish. The word "battle" can also be used infrequently to refer to an entire operational campaign, although this usage greatly diverges from its conventional or customary meaning. Generally, the word "battle" is used for such campaigns if referring to a protracted combat encounter in which either one or both of the combatants had the same methods, resources, and strategic objectives throughout the encounter. Some prominent examples of this would be the Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Britain, and the Battle of France, all in World War II. Wars and military campaigns are guided by military strategy, whereas batt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
