- Anastasios Karatasos
Anastasios Karatasos (Greek: Αναστάσιος Καρατάσος) (1764 - 1830) was a Greek military commander during the
Greek War of Independence was born in the village ofDovras ,Veroia and is considered to be the most important revolutionary from Macedonia.Klephtis and Greek War of Independence
Karatasos became a
Klepht at the age of eighteen and became quite famous for his actions in theOlympus area before he joined the Revolution.In 1804 with the Armatolos Vasilis Romfeos he defendedNaoussa from the attacking forces ofAli Pasha , but he didn't managed to save the city, that was captured five months later.In March, 1821 whenEmmanouel Pappas started the Revolution inChalkidiki he collaborated with him trying to spread it through the entire region but their actions were not well coordinated. Large numbers of Ottoman forces from Thessaloniki were able to defeat the Greek revolutinary forces and Emmanuel Pappas was retired toMount Athos . He returned toNaoussa that was liberated from Ottomans inFebruary 19 ,1822 under the leadership ofZafeirakis Theodosiou .In April, 1822 the Pasha οf Thessaloniki, Abdul Abut with 18,000 men besieged Naoussa and fourteen days later he captured and destroyed the city. Karatasos was responsible for the defence and managed to save himself and his family, escaping from the burned town. He continued the Revolution in Macedonia and later in 1823 he trapped and destroyed a two thousand men corps ofJanissaries in the Mpampa Bridge atPineios .Descent to South Greece
Also in 1823 with the Klepht
Aggelis Gatsos and their bands, they crossed Mount Olympus and he collaborated withGeorgios Karaiskakis atAgrafa , andMesologgi , while he fought at the Battle of Peta and performed guerilla operations inThessaly .In his letters to the Revolutionary movement he complained about the lack of supplies for his band, although he fought in numerous battles atNafplio , Souli,Skiathos ,Karystos , Trikeri,Messinia and performed operations together withMarkos Botsaris ,Giorgakis Olympios ,Odysseas Androutsos ,Manto Mavrogenous ,Andreas Vokos Miaoulis ,Ioannis Kolettis and others.Anastasios Karatasos died at the age of 66 inJanuary 22 ,1830 atNafpaktos where he was buried with honours.His statue lies at the central square ofVeroia , built by the sculptor Dimitrios Chatzis.ee also
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Dimitrios Karatasos
*Greek War of Independence
*List of Macedonians (Greek) References
*Vakalopoulos, Apostolos E. "History of Macedonia 1354-1833", Vanias Press (1984).
*Vakalopoulos, Apostolos E. "Histoire De La Grece Moderne", Horvath Press. ISBN 2-7171-0057-1.
*Paroulakis, Peter H., "The Greeks: Their Struggle For Independence”, Hellenic International Press (1984). ISBN 0-9590894-1-1.
*Stratiki, Poti, “To Athanato 1821”, Stratikis Bros, (1990). ISBN 960-7261-50-X.
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