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Why on earth are Maniots classified as a distinct ethnic group? Rastapopoulos 12:09, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

I dont think they're actually discussed as a separate ethnic group, though some mention of their actually being Greek might be helpful, as this is not so self-evident to non-Greeks as the undoubtedly well-intioned author might think. If no one objects to their being Greek, I will proceed to add something to that effect Druworos 22:14, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

If Maniots showed no resistance in adopting 'Romiosyni', or Christianity, why did they become Christian in the 9th century? It must be obvious that the reason for such a belated christianisation must be their bitter resistance to an imposed religion, and the mountainous nature of the terrain, which made access relativelly hard. Furthermore, i strongly doubt Homer would mention the cities of Mani and refer to them as such. If no one objects, i will indeed edit this article, at least as far as their willing adoption of Christianity is concerned. Druworos 22:07, 7 February 2006 (UTC

Well it's wierd because there are churches in Mani that date back to around 3 and 4 AD. Homer's mention of the Maniot towns seem logical.

Maybe it's just me, but Kardamli and Kotronas dont quite sound like Ancient Greek names. However, before I go into this further, I should look it up in the Iliad. What's more, Homer wouldnt have classified those cities as 'Maniot', because the name Mani did not exist in Homeric times. As far as Christianity is concerned, it was not disputed so far that the Maniots did indeed become Christian in the 9th century. This is what the article said when I edited it. The difference is that according to the previous version, the Maniots became Christian willingly in the 9th century. What would be most useful here would be references, to support either that they were willingly or forcibly Christianised in the 9th century, or in fact, as you claim, earlier. Could you provide data on these churches? Or could anyone else, at that, provide some references to make this a more scholarly article? It is certainly in need of improvement Druworos 22:07, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

I dont have the time to put up the tag right now, so this is a totally unofficial thing for now, but I was wondering how people would feel about a merge to Mani. Most of the info can be found there too, and it does seem appropriate. Druworos 17:54, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Druworos, I think that this page pertaining to the Maniots should remain separate from the page that discusses about the area of Mani. Granted, there is information from both articles that are coincidal and may lead one to think that it would be a good idea to place the information from the Maniots article into the Mani article. However, this may potentially lead to omissions from the Maniots page in order to prevent the extended Mani article from being too long.

In other words, I am against this merger only because the new merged article would force a more condensed version of the history of the Maniots. This page was specifically written to discuss, in detail, the experiences and encounters of the Greeks of the Mani Peninsula. You can condemn me if you want for being "narrow-minded", but it would be wrong to sacrifice essential details about the Maniots just to accomodate a merger with another article that may not have enough room to fit all of the information in the Maniots article. Respond as soon as possible. Over and out. - Deucalionite 4/8/06 10:20 A.M.

Don't forget the other glorious deed of a maniot family : They killed off the first Governor of Greece and former minister of the Russian Empire, because they didn't like him. Couldn't they just continue to kill each other ?