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Noun: Plataea
  1. A defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479 BC
    - battle of Plataea
     
  2. A former town in Boeotia; site of a battle between the Greeks and Persians in 479 BC

Type of: pitched battle, town

Part of: Boeotia

Encyclopedia: Plataea