It's hard to nail down the oldest city in the world. Some say it's Damascus, Syria, while others suggest it's Jericho, in the West Bank. So which is older?
Nikolaos Plastiras (1883-1953) was a military officer who served in the Balkan Wars (1912-13), on the Macedonian front (1916-18), Ukraine commanding the 5/40th Evzone regiment (1919) and Asia Minor (1919-22). He was an ardent Venizelist and also became active in politics after September 1922. This a