and the local nobility joined the movement. Soon after armed units were formed and expelled the Ottoman garrison. Meanwhile, some Ottoman crews that managed to flee from the victorious Christian fleet and landed on the nearby coast of Peloponnese were annihilated by the insurgents. The rebellion was soon spread to nearby regions in the Peloponnese and central Greece, namely Aigio, Galaxidi, Lidoriki and Salona. Germanos also managed to be in contact with the revolutionaries of Mani as well as the major figures of the Holy League fleet. Major role in the spread of the movement played the hegumen of the Taxiarchs Monastery at Aigio and the local lord Ioannis Tsernotabeis. In Epirus, the combined Greek-Venetian force was again successful at the siege of Margariti . As a result a region stretching south of Gjirokastër down to Parga came under rebel control. Among the revolutionary leaders, the Stratioti Georgio Renesi became active in Lefkada and Arta. Moreover, the religious leaders of the Greek communities in and around Ioannina and Aetolia-Akarnania initiated secret communications with the Venetians to overthrow their local Ottoman authorities. 1571-1572 Greece Large-scale unrest occurred in additional parts of the Ottoman Empire; in the islands of Aegina and Lefkada the Christian inhabitants rose in revolt, while in Naxos they declined to pay the jizya tax owed by the Christian subjects of the Empire. Revolts were also noted in the islands such as Andros, Paros, Rodos, Kos, Karpathos, Imbros, Skiathos, Chios, Agios Efstratios and Mitilini, as well as on the Asia Minor coast: at the surroundings of Smyrna, Phocaea and Cesme. The regions of Thessaly, northern Euboia, and parts of Macedonia, including Thessaloniki and Serres, also witnessed revolutionary activity. Moreover, incidents of unrest were even reported even at the Ottoman capital Constantinople as soon as the news of the Ottoman defeat reached the city. Meanwhile Emmenouel's brother Zorzis Mormoris, commanded units of Stratioti in Margariti, Santa Maura (Lefkada), and Corfu. The Venetian landing operation in Lefkada at January 31, 1572, was supported by Greek stradioti as well as of units from the Ionian islands, the coast of Epirus and Cretans who had previously fought at Lepanto. Ottoman reinforcements from the nearby regions soon marched towards Lefkada and Lepanto. Meanwhile at April 18, Ottoman units marched towards the Agia Mavra and Neos Pyrgos garisons (Rio and Antirrio) at the vicinity of Lepanto, Under this context the Greek diaspora living in Venice