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| | Maina or Mani |
 | | Maniates actively supported the Venetians and the brothers Melissinoi (with origin from the byzantine family of Melissinoi), Mitropolite Makarios and Bishop Theodoros were the first among these supporters. |
 | | Konstantinos Kolokotronis (father of Theodoros), Androutsos (father of Odysseas), Panagiotes Venetsanakis, Lampros Katsonis, Zacharias fought turks and used Mani as their base of operations. |
 | | The wife of Konstantinos Kolokotronis was dressed like a warrior and fought her way carrying her baby who was Theodoros Kolokotronis the future leader of the great revolution of 1821. |
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