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Siege of Plataea, the Glossary

Index Siege of Plataea

The Siege of Plataea took place in 429–427 BC, during the Peloponnesian War.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 24 relations: Alexander the Great, Archidamus II, Asopos (Boeotia), Athena, Attica, Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC), Boeotia, Callimachus (sculptor), Classical Athens, Corinthian War, Daedala, Epaminondas, Greco-Persian Wars, Hera, Peace of Antalcidas, Peloponnesian League, Peloponnesian War, Philip II of Macedon, Plataea, Sparta, Theban hegemony, Thebes, Greece, Thucydides, Victor's justice.

  2. 420s BC conflicts
  3. Ancient Boeotia
  4. Battles involving Sparta
  5. Battles involving Thebes
  6. Battles of the Peloponnesian War
  7. Sieges of antiquity

Alexander the Great

Alexander III of Macedon (Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.

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Archidamus II

Archidamus II (Ἀρχίδαμος; died 427/6 BC) was a king of Sparta who reigned from approximately 469/8 BC to 427/6 BC.

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Asopos (Boeotia)

The Asopos (Ασωπός, referred to in Latin sources as Asopus) is a river in Boeotia and northern Attica, Greece.

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Athena

Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva.

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Attica

Attica (Αττική, Ancient Greek Attikḗ or, or), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the entire Athens metropolitan area, which consists of the city of Athens, the capital of Greece and the core city of the metropolitan area, as well as its surrounding suburban cities and towns.

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Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)

The Battle of Chaeronea was fought in 338 BC, near the city of Chaeronea in Boeotia, between Macedonia under Philip II and an alliance of city-states led by Athens and Thebes. Siege of Plataea and Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC) are ancient Boeotia and Battles involving Thebes.

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Boeotia

Boeotia, sometimes Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia (Βοιωτία; modern:; ancient) is one of the regional units of Greece.

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Callimachus (sculptor)

Callimachus (Καλλίμαχος) was an architect and sculptor working in the second half of the 5th century BC in the manner established by Polyclitus.

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Classical Athens

The city of Athens (Ἀθῆναι, Athênai a.tʰɛ̂ː.nai̯; Modern Greek: Αθήναι, Athine or, more commonly and in singular, Αθήνα, Athina) during the classical period of ancient Greece (480–323 BC) was the major urban centre of the notable polis (city-state) of the same name, located in Attica, Greece, leading the Delian League in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and the Peloponnesian League.

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Corinthian War

The Corinthian War (395–387 BC) was a conflict in ancient Greece which pitted Sparta against a coalition of city-states comprising Thebes, Athens, Corinth and Argos, backed by the Achaemenid Empire.

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Daedala

In Ancient Greece, the Daedala (Greek: δαίδαλα) was a festival of reconciliation that was held every few years in honor of Hera, consort of the supreme god Zeus at Plataea, in Boeotia, being one of the major cults of the city.

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Epaminondas

Epaminondas (Ἐπαμεινώνδας; 419/411–362 BC) was a Greek general and statesman of the 4th century BC who transformed the Ancient Greek city-state of Thebes, leading it out of Spartan subjugation into a pre-eminent position in Greek politics called the Theban Hegemony.

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Greco-Persian Wars

The Greco-Persian Wars (also often called the Persian Wars) were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC.

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Hera

In ancient Greek religion, Hera (Hḗrā; label in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of marriage, women, and family, and the protector of women during childbirth.

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Peace of Antalcidas

The King's Peace (387 BC) was a peace treaty guaranteed by the Persian King Artaxerxes II that ended the Corinthian War in ancient Greece.

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Peloponnesian League

The Peloponnesian League was an alliance of ancient Greek city-states, dominated by Sparta and centred on the Peloponnese, which lasted from c.550 to 366 BC.

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Peloponnesian War

The Peloponnesian War (translit) (431–404 BC) was an ancient Greek war fought between Athens and Sparta and their respective allies for the hegemony of the Greek world. Siege of Plataea and Peloponnesian War are 420s BC conflicts.

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Philip II of Macedon

Philip II of Macedon (Φίλιππος; 382 BC – October 336 BC) was the king (basileus) of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia from 359 BC until his death in 336 BC.

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Plataea

Plataea (Πλάταια, Plátaia) was an ancient Greek city-state situated in Boeotia near the frontier with Attica at the foot of Mt.

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Sparta

Sparta was a prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece.

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Theban hegemony

The Theban hegemony lasted from the Theban victory over the Spartans at Leuctra in 371 BC to their defeat of a coalition of Peloponnesian armies at Mantinea in 362 BC, though Thebes sought to maintain its position until finally eclipsed by the rising power of Macedon in 346 BC.

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Thebes, Greece

Thebes (Θήβα, Thíva; Θῆβαι, Thêbai.) is a city in Boeotia, Central Greece, and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.

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Thucydides

Thucydides (Θουκυδίδης||; BC) was an Athenian historian and general.

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Victor's justice

Victor's justice is a term which is used in reference to a distorted application of justice to the defeated party by the victorious party after an armed conflict.

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See also

420s BC conflicts

Ancient Boeotia

Battles involving Sparta

Battles involving Thebes

Battles of the Peloponnesian War

Sieges of antiquity

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Plataea