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Chaeronea

noun
1.
A battle in which Philip II of Macedon defeated the Athenians and Thebans (338 BC) and also Sulla defeated Mithridates (86 BC).





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... the expense of the community; and they became, under assiduous training, the first soldiers in Greece. They were constantly victorious till they were opposed to Philip's admirably disciplined phalanx at Charonea; and even at Chaeronea they were not defeated but slain in their ranks, fighting to the last. It was this band, directed by the skill of great captains, which gave the decisive blow to the Lacedaemonian power. It is to be observed ...
— The History of England from the Accession of James II. - Volume 5 (of 5) • Thomas Babington Macaulay


Words linked to "Chaeronea" :   Ellas, Hellenic Republic, pitched battle, Greece


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