Chaeronea
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Chaeronea is a village and a former municipality in Boeotia, Greece, located about 35 kilometers east of Delphi. The settlement was formerly known as Kópraina, and renamed to Chairóneia in 1916. Since
Plutarch's bust at Chaeronea
The Lion of Chaeronea
Funerary relief for Athenian footman Panchares, who probably fell at the battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)
Sacred Band of Thebes
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The Sacred Band of Thebes was an elite heavy infantry of select soldiers consisting of 150 pairs of male couples, 300 men total, organised by age that formed the elite force of the Theban army in the
Chaeronea
…a coalition of various Greek states, mainly Thebes and Athens. According to Plutarch, during the battle the elite unit of Theban soldiers known as the Sacred Band of Thebes was wiped out completely. In 1818, the so-called Lion of Chaeronea, a nearly 6 m (20 ft) tall funerary monument erected in honor of the Sacred Band…
The ruins of ancient Theban citadel of Cadmea
A statue of the boeotarch Epaminondas, who was widely hailed for his brilliant and revolutionary tactics in the Battle of Leuctra
The restored surviving base of the Battle of Leuctra tropaion
The Lion of Chaeronea in 2009. Excavation of the quadrangular enclosure brought to light 254 skeletons, laid out in seven rows.