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Plataea
Ancient city in southeastern Boeotia, Greece / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the ancient city. For the geometer moth genus, see Plataea (moth).
Plataea (/pləˈtiːə/; Ancient Greek: Πλάταια, Plátaia) was an ancient Greek city-state situated in Boeotia near the frontier with Attica at the foot of Mt. Cithaeron, between the mountain and the river Asopus, which divided its territory from that of Thebes.[1] Its inhabitants were known as the Plataeans (Πλαταιαί; Plataiaí, Latin: Plataenae).
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Plataies and Plataea
Modern Plataies and ruins of the city of Plataea
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It was the location of the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC, in which an alliance of Greek city-states defeated the Persians.
Plataea was destroyed and rebuilt several times during the Classical period of ancient Greece. The modern Greek town of Plataies is adjacent to its ruins.