Konstantinos Vlachopoulos
Konstantinos Vlachopoulos ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Βλαχόπουλος, 1789–1868) was an Armatoloi, armatolos, army leader of the Greek War of Independence and the first Greek commander of the Hellenic Gendarmerie, Greek Royal Gendarmerie. He was also a member of the Filiki Eteria (''Society of Friends''), a secret organization whose purpose was to overthrow the Ottoman rule of Greece and establish an independent Greek state. Biography He was born in 1789 in the area Nicopolis near Preveza, from a great family of Armatoloi, Christian Greek irregular soldiers, of Western Greece. During the pre-revolutionary period, he was, together with his brother Alexakis Vlachopoulos, Alexakis, also an armatolos. Later, because of Ali Pasha of Ioannina, Ali Pasha’s persecution, he and his brother were forced to flee in Corfu. There, the two brothers joined the Greek battalions of the British Army . In 1819 he was initiated, along with his brothers, Alexios and Dimitrios, into the ...
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Nicopolis
Nicopolis ( grc-gre, Νικόπολις, Nikópolis, City of Victory) or Actia Nicopolis was the capital city of the Roman province of Epirus Vetus. It was located in the western part of the modern state of Greece. The city was founded in 29 BC by Caesar Augustus in commemoration of his victory in 31 BC over Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium nearby. It was soon made the major city of the wider region of Epirus. Many impressive ruins of the ancient city may be visited today. History Foundation In 29 BC, 2 years after his victory in the naval battle of Actium, Octavian founded a new city which he called Nicopolis (the City of Victory), located on the southernmost promontory of Epirus, and across the mouth of the harbour from the ancient town of Actium. This foundation echoed a tradition dating back to Alexander the Great, and more recently illustrated by Pompey, founder of Nicopolis in Little Armenia (63 BC). Symbolically, the new city represented one ex ...
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