 In December 1822, Nafplion finally surrendered to the Greeks, who made it their provisional capital.The Greek cause would however quickly unravel, with factional conflict breaking out in 1823.Gordon wrote that the victory at Dervenakia made Kolokotronis's reputation as "his name became a sort of talisman, the people everywhere sung ballads in his honor, his political adversaries humbled themselves before him and for some months he was absolute in the Morea".