User:Kyriakos/Articles

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Here are the articles I have started or have rewritten:

I'm proud because Cretan War, was the first major article I wrote and my first feature article. This  is for you, Philip
I'm proud because Cretan War, was the first major article I wrote and my first feature article. This Featured article is for you, Philip

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I am pretty sure that in Sparta in the Hellenistic Period losing wars had become a custom. This one was no different with the Spartans receiving a thumping from the Romans and their Greek allies. So this  goes to all the Spartans who died fighting for their freedom.
I am pretty sure that in Sparta in the Hellenistic Period losing wars had become a custom. This one was no different with the Spartans receiving a thumping from the Romans and their Greek allies. So this Featured article goes to all the Spartans who died fighting for their freedom.
The battle not only scarred the Byzantine Empire but also the Byzantine commanders with Alexius I Comnenus retreating with a bloody face and George Palaeologus with a arrow stuck in his skull. However, this battle was a closely fought contest which was decided by Robert Guiscard's knights charging. Alexius maybe have ended up with a depleted army and a fresh scar but he won this .
The battle not only scarred the Byzantine Empire but also the Byzantine commanders with Alexius I Comnenus retreating with a bloody face and George Palaeologus with a arrow stuck in his skull. However, this battle was a closely fought contest which was decided by Robert Guiscard's knights charging. Alexius maybe have ended up with a depleted army and a fresh scar but he won this Featured article.

Featured contributions

Cretan War Featured article 
Featured in November 2006. The article was created by me in June 2006. Robth helped a lot with his copy editing and fixing the prose. Very valuable were also the contibutions of Yannismarou who I turned to for advice.
War against Nabis Featured article 
Featured in February 2007. I originally created this article in November 2006 under the name, Roman-Spartan War.Wandalstouring was a major help with his great advice, copy ediiting and researching infomation.
Battle of Dyrrachium (1081) Featured article 
Featured in December 2007. This article originally created this article in June 2004 however I only began to work on it during September 2007. Pmanderson's advice was very useful and constructive during the article's FAC.

Wars, Battles & Military

Featured articleCretan War, Featured articleWar against Nabis, A-class articleCleomenean War,Good articleEgyptian Invasion of Mani, Good articleGalatian War, Good articleSiege of Eretria,Good articleBattle of Gythium, Cretan War (1645-1669), Battle of Mount Olympus, Siege of Naxos (499 BC), Siege of Naxos (490 BC), Aetolian War, Ottoman Invasion of Mani (1770), Ottoman Invasion of Mani (1803), Ottoman Invasion of Mani (1807), Ottoman Invasion of Mani (1815), Siege of Kastania, Siege of Missolonghi, Foreign War, Battle of Doiran, Battle of Dumlupinar, Battle of Phaleron, Battle of Sarantaporo, Battle of Pente Pigadia, Battle of Halys, Battle of Kilkis-Lahanas,Battle of Vromopigada, Battle of Cannae (1018), Battle of Giannitsa,Battle of Kirk Kelesse, Battle of Prelep, Battle of Lule-Burgas, Battle of Vevi, Battle of Monastir, Battle of Bizani, Naval Battle of Dardanelles, Naval Battle of Elli, Battle of Kalimantsi, Battle of Kresna Gorge, Battle of Karpenizi, The Battle of Saranda, Battle of Pindus, Battle of Dyme, Battle of Mount Olympus, Battle of Lade (201 BC), Battles of the Fords of Isen, Tsolias, Aegean Army, Turkish First Army, Turkish Third Army & 300 Spartans.

People

Limberakis Gerakaris, Zacharias (klepht), Nikitaras, General Trikupis, Hydarnes, Argyrus, Klada, Philoces,Kostantinos Mavromichalis, Angelo Iachino, Georgios Hatzanestis, Achmet Hifsi Pasha, Edhem Pasha, Yarankash, Parysatis, Henri de Rigny, Login Petrovich Geiden, John the Oxite, St Kyriaki, Lambros Katsonis, Phalaikos, Tzanis Mavromichalis, Gorgeos Mavromichalis, Yaghi-Siyan, Athanasios Diakos,Theophiliscus, Cleonaeus, Dicaearchus of Aetolia & James Adams

Places

Drosopigi, Areopoli, Parasyros, Passavas, Skoutari, Tenaro, Kotronas, Diro, Kefala, Pyrrichos, Oitylo, Megali Maini, Mavrovouni, Koita, Cranae, Porto Kagio, Vathia, Kastania & Kalyvia.

Sports

Hellenic Cricket Federation, Panagodage Perera, Brett Dorey, Mark Cosgrove,Yasir Arafat (cricketer), Sri Lankan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2005-06,Scotland cricket team in Bangladesh in 2006-07, Malinga Bandara, Johannes van der Wath, Allan Border Medal, Nikolaos Lyberopoulos, Mathew Kemp & Dimitrios Papadopoulos.

Others

Union of Free Laconians, List of CHERUB characters, Molossians, Chaonians & January 2006 Southern Greece earthquake.

Rewrites

Featured articleBattle of Dyrrhachium,Good articleManiots, Good articleBattle of the Kalka River, CHERUB, Cleomenes III, Battle of Chios, First Peloponnesian War & Gytheio.