Emmanouil Antoniadis

Emmanouil Antoniadis (c. 1791–1863) was a revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence, a politician and a journalist from the island of Crete.

He acquired great education and was able to speak two foreign languages fluently (French and Italian).

From there, through Vienna and Trieste, he came to the Peloponnese right before the outburst of the Greek War of Independence.

In 1822, in Crete, alongside Joseph Valest, he faced-off against a Turko-Egyptian army of 10.000 men right outside the village of Malaksa, where they acquired a victory of great importance.

When Ibrahim set foot on the Peloponnese with his Turko-Egyptian army, Emmanouil gathered an army of Cretans and, outside the village of Mili, near Nafplio, beat them in battle, making them fall back to the city of Tripoli.