Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Metaxata yakavambwa neByzantine Markantonios Metaxas uyo akagara munharaunda yaizivikanwa saFranzata (Φρατζάτα) mushure mekudonha kweConstantinople muna 1453. Musha uyu ndiwo musha wevashanduri Andreas naKonstantinos Metaxas vaive nesimba reKefalonia uye vakapinda muHondo yeGreek yeRusununguko muPeloponnese muma1820. Muna 1823, Ishe Byron vakagara muMetaxata kwemwedzi mina ndokunyora nhetembo pamusoro penzvimbo yacho norunako rwayo. Nhasi muchikamu chepakati, mune chifananidzo chokuyeuka Ishe Byron uye parutivi chaipo pacho, mufambi anogona kuona nzvimbo yeimba umo mudetembi mukuru aigara. Imba yacho ine chikwangwani chinotaura kuti yakavakwa panzvimbo yeimba yaigara Byron. Metaxata yakakuvadzwa zvikuru ne
Kudengenyeka kwenyika kweIonia muna 1953.