The Siege of Plataea took place in 429–427 BC, during the Peloponnesian War. At the beginning of the conflict, the Thebans attacked the city of Plataea, an Athenian ally on the border between Boeotia and Attica. The initial Theban attempt to capture the city failed, but in 429 BC the Thebans' allies, the Spartans under their king Archidamus II, laid siege to the city. Left unaided by Athens, the Plataeans finally surrendered in 428 BC. Plataea was razed to the ground by the Thebans, and was not restored until after 338 BC by Philip II of Macedon.
Plataies and PlataeaPlataea (/pləˈtiːə/; Ancient Greek: Πλάταια, Plátaia) was an ancient Greek city-state situated in Boeotia near the frontier with...
The Battle ofPlataea was the final land battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place in 479 BC near the city ofPlataea in Boeotia...
such slaughter became habitual only after the siegeofPlataea." Winiarczyk (2016), p. 53: "The actions of the Athenians were condemned throughout Greece...
employed in Kushite siege warfare, such as the siegeof Ashmunein in 715 BC. The Spartans used battering rams in the siegeofPlataea in 429 BC, but it...
marched north from the Isthmus to confront Mardonius. At the ensuing Battle ofPlataea, the Greek infantry again proved its superiority, inflicting a severe...
This is a list of known wars, conflicts, battles/sieges, missions and operations involving ancient Greek city states and kingdoms, Magna Graecia, other...
and one of the suitors of Penelope. Eurymachus, one of the 180 Theban soldiers who were taken prisoner in the Theban siegeofPlataea. All of the Theban...
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condita, History of Rome, Book II, Chapter 17 The second known use was in 427 BC, when the Spartans besieged Plataea. The first use of rams within the...
during sieges by the Avar–Sassanian coalition, Arabs, Rus', and Bulgars, among others. The fortifications retained their usefulness after the advent of gunpowder...
Peloponnesians in the siegeofPlataea (Thucyd. ii.78, iii.20‑23). Their lines consisted of two walls (apparently of turf) at the distance of 16 feet, which...
Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, and...
Battle of Mycale (Ancient Greek: Μάχη τῆς Μυκάλης; Machē tēs Mykalēs) was one of the two major battles (the other being the Battle ofPlataea) that ended...
Flamininus summoned his army in Greece and that of his allies at Plataea in Boeotia. He then marched from Plataea to Argos where he was joined by 10,000 Achean...
formation was still vulnerable to cavalry (the cause of much caution by the Greek forces at the Battle ofPlataea), but used in the right circumstances, it was...
with the greater part of his army back to Asia, leaving behind Mardonius to continue his campaign. Mardonius was defeated at Plataea the following year,...
Plataea is sieged by Boeotian League 507 Cleisthenes, Greek reformer, takes power, increases democracy. 506 Boeotian League is repulsed from Plataea by...
his troops at the Battle ofPlataea, and thus managed to lead the remnant portion of a greatly reduced Achaemenid army out of Greece and back to Ionia...
The siegeof Eretria took place in 490 BC, during the first Persian invasion of Greece. The city of Eretria, on Euboea, was besieged by a strong Persian...
force at the Battle of Plataea, ending the invasion and the threat to Greece. According to tradition, on the same day as Plataea, the Allied fleet defeated...
of view of a historical figure, Arimnestos ofPlataea. The first book, Killer of Men (published in 2010), is named after Achilles, the man-killer of the...
The following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually...
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