Plataea 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. Its inhabitants was known as the Plataeans.
View of Plataea, and the battlefield of the Battle of Plataea.
Modern Plataies and ruins of the city of Plataea.
Part of the wall of Plataea
The burial mound of the Plataeans, fallen at the Battle of Marathon, Marathon
Boeotia, sometimes Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Greece. Its capital is Livadeia, and its largest city is Thebes.
Mount Helicon
Ruins of the Cadmeia, the central fortress of ancient Thebes
Boeotian cup from Thebes painted with birds, 560–540 BC (Louvre)
Hosios Loukas