battle of plataea

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Definition von battle of plataea im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

(479 BC) Battle between Greek and Persian forces near Plataea (modern Plataiaí) in Boeotia on the slopes of Mount Cithaeron. A largely Spartan force, including helots, defeated the Persian army of Xerxes I, led by Mardonius; the victory marked this battle as the final Persian attempt to invade mainland Greece

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bat·tle of Pla·tae·a