Nikephoros III Botaneiates
The settlement exists since Late Antiquity, and was until recently known by its Greek name "Kalavrye" or "Kalabrye" (Καλαβρύη), also "Galavrye"/"Galabrye" (Γαλαβρύη), "Kalabria" (Καλαβρία), "Kalovrye"/"Kalobrye" (Καλοβρύη), and "Kalavre" (Καλαυρή). In the early 4th century it may have been the seat of a bishop, who by the end of the century moved to neighbouring Selymbria. The inhabitants of the town were involved in the Nika riots of 532 against Emperor Justinian I. The locality is next mentioned in 1078, as the site of the Battle of Kalavrye, where the forces of Emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, led by Alexios Komnenos, defeated the army of the rebel general Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder.