tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101913167226700484.post5805451840319975317..comments2023-11-03T12:03:01.691-07:00Comments on Surprised by Time: Nauplion: The Siege of 1500Nauplionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10598950480737808706noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101913167226700484.post-14994687292078698702010-08-26T15:53:58.523-07:002010-08-26T15:53:58.523-07:00" Without supplies from the fleet, there was ..." Without supplies from the fleet, there was no way an army of 10,000 or 100,000 could have kept itself supplied off the countryside."<br /><br />And their horses! The bulk of the army would have been akincilar and sipahiler. Tens of thousands of horses that were fed grain and straw. <br /><br />" A small number of troops were left on the Argos-Nauplion border -- 4,000 or 10,000 -- to continue the siege."<br /><br />Looks like a rear guard or defensive force to me. Such number could not really maintain a meaningful siege.<br /><br />" The Turks put a trebuchet on Palamidi, and offered the Manessi and Busichei clans 1000 horses to come over, but they refused."<br /><br />I looked up the online telephone directory for the Manesis/Manessis and Bozikis surnames for several parts of Greece. I found:<br /><br />Argolid 1 - 7<br />Messenia 0 - 0<br />Crete 4 - 0<br />Cephalonia 2 - 1<br />Lefkas 0 - 0<br />Zakynthos 19 - 38<br />Corfu 46 - 42<br />Athens 51 - 21<br /><br />I also checked Italia dei Cognomi and there is a sizable cluster of Manessis in the Brescia area. I could not find any Bozikis though I tried several spellings. It looks like the Manessis went mostly to Corfu (the island had lost much of its population in the Turkish attack of 1537) and several to Italy and Zante. The Bozikis seem split almost equally between Corfu and Zante.<br /><br />Best regards,<br /><br />PavlosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com