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while in the fields . It is therefore no coincidence that the name Areopoli derives from Ares , the god of war . The first uprisings of the War of Independence started in 1821 just from the capital of Máni : rebels were led by Petros Mavromichalis ( whose bust stands proudly today in the central square of Areopoli ) and Theodoros Kolokotronis , members of two powerful clans .
Once they had won , the two
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