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Plataies, anciently Kokhla, is a village and a former municipality in Boeotia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Thebes, of which it is a municipal unit. Th
Village of Plataies, near the ruins of old Plataea. Location of the 479 BCE Battle of Plataea.
View of Plataies and surrounding area from above.
Ruins of Plataea.
Battle of Plataea
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The Battle of Plataea was the final land battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place in 479 BC near the city of Plataea in Boeotia, and was fought between an Achaemenid army led
Plataies
…2021). The seat of the former municipality was in Kaparelli. The village is next to the ruins of the ancient city of Plataea and near the site of the Battle of Plataea. Plataea…
Persians and Spartans fighting at Plataea. 19th-century illustration.
The Achaemenid Empire and its allied Greek states: Macedonia, Thessaly, Malis, Locris, Phocis and Boeotia; at the time of the Battle of Plataea.
The Spartan general Pausanias commanded the Allied Greek troops.
Persians