Plataea
Plataea is an ancient city, located in
Greece in southeastern
Boeotia, south of
Thebes. It was the location of the
Battle of Plataea in
479 BC, in which an alliance of Greek city-states defeated the
Persians and ended the
Persian Wars. In
427 BC, during the
Peloponnesian War, it was captured by
Thebes, an ally of
Sparta; the Spartans then executed the males and enslaved the women and children before destroying the city. Plataea was later rebuilt in
386 BC.
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