In 455 B.C, it was burned by Tolmides, the Athenian admiral during the First Peloponnesian War but it overcame that and was rebuilt.
During the Roman-Spartan War in 195 B.C, Gythio was seized and captured with the support of a combined Roman, Pergamese and Rhodian fleet.
At the end of the war, the city of Gythio became founder of the Union of Free Laconians under Achaean protection and was finally liberated by a Roman fleet under the command of Atilius. |
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There are no records about the actual facts, but stories say it was either ravaged by Alaric and Visigoths or devastated by the Slavs or destroyed by the colossal earthquake that hit the area in 375 A.D.
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population when refugees flooded into Mani during the Greek War of Independence of 1821.
In the milestones of its modern history, perhaps the most important event is the opening of a port, which started functioning in 1960. Today, Gythio is the capital of Mani and the second largest city in Laconia.
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