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Anastasios Karatasos (Greek:Αναστάσιος Καρατάσος; 1764 – 21 January 1830) was aGreek military commander during theGreek War of Independence was born in the village ofDovras (Δοβράς or Δορβρά),Imathia and is considered to be the most important revolutionary fromMacedonia.

Karatasos became aKlepht at the age of eighteen and became quite famous for his actions in theOlympus area before he joined theRevolution. In 1804, with theArmatolosVassilios Romfeis, he defendedNaoussa from the attacking forces ofAli Pasha, but he didn't manage to save the city, that was captured five months later. In March 1821, whenEmmanouel Pappas started the Revolution inChalkidiki, he collaborated with him trying to spread it through the entire region, but their actions were not well coordinated. Large numbers of Ottoman forces from Thessaloniki were able to defeat the Greek revolutionary forces, and Emmanuel Pappas was retired toMount Athos. He returned toNaoussa which was liberated from Ottomans on February 19, 1822, under the leadership ofZafeirakis Theodosiou.

In April 1822, the Pasha of Thessaloniki, Abdul Abut with 18,000 men besieged Naoussa, and, fourteen days later, he captured and destroyed the city. Karatasos was responsible for the defence, and he managed to save himself and his family, escaping from the burned town. He continued the Revolution in Macedonia, and, later in 1823, he trapped and destroyed a two thousand men corps ofJanissaries in the Mpampa Bridge atPineios.

Also in 1823 with the KlephtAggelis Gatsos and their bands, they crossed Mount Olympus and he collaborated withGeorgios Karaiskakis atAgrafa, andMesologgi, while he fought at the Battle of Peta and performed guerilla operations inThessaly.In his letters to the Revolutionary movement he complained about the lack of supplies for his band, although he fought in numerous battles atNafplio, Souli,Skiathos,Karystos, Trikeri,Messinia and performed operations together withMarkos Botsaris,Giorgakis Olympios,Odysseas Androutsos,Manto Mavrogenous,Andreas Vokos Miaoulis,Ioannis Kolettis and others.Anastasios Karatasos died at the age of 66 on January 22, 1830, atNafpaktos where he was buried with honours.His statue lies at the central square ofVeroia, built by the sculptorDimitrios Chatzis.

• Dimitrios Karatasos
• List of Macedonians (Greek)

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• 1764 births
• 1830 deaths
• Greek military leaders of the Greek War of Independence
• Macedonian revolutionaries (Greek)
• People from Imathia

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