1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ARMATOLES (Gr. dp^aruX6t, a man-at-arms), the name given to some Greeks who discharged certain military and police functions under the Turkish government. When the Turks under Sul tan Mahommed 1 1. conquered Greece in the 1 5th century, many of the Greeks fled into the mountainous districts of Macedonia and northern Greece, and maintained a harassing warfare with the conquerors of their country. These men were called Klephts (modern Gr. xXt^rtjj, ancient xXtrr^s, a thief, a brigand), and during the i6th century the…
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