 The Ottomans forced the Maniots to pay tribute annually and to have a bey who came from Mani.Even though the Maniots were bottled by the fierce Turko-Albanian soldiers who ravaged the Peloponnese they still managed to cause damage to the Ottomans with their pirate ships and with raids into Laconia.Amongst the most prominent were Konstantinos Kolokotronis and Panagiotaros Venetsakis.