People · 1770–1843
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Commander-in-chief of the Revolution in the Peloponnese
In the summer of 1822, during Dramali's invasion, Kolokotronis made the mills of Lerna his headquarters and gathered thousands of fighters there.
Also written: Θεόδωρος Κολοκοτρώνης, Kolokotronis, Κολοκοτρώνης
Events
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July 1822
Kolokotronis makes the mills his headquarters
In the summer of 1822, as Dramali's army stood in the plain of Argos, Theodoros Kolokotronis made the mills of Lerna his headquarters. According to Samuel Howe he gathered up to 6,000 armed peasants there before the…