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    Plataies and Plataea Plataea (/pləˈtiːə/; Ancient Greek: Πλάταια, Plátaia) was an ancient Greek city-state situated in Boeotia near the frontier with...
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    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...
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  • In Greek mythology, Plataea (/pləˈtiːə/; Ancient Greek: Πλάταια) was a (naiad) daughter of the river-god or king of Plataea, Asopus. She is possibly the...
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    6925. "Plataea diva Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25. "Plataea diva". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25. "Plataea diva species...
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    "Plataea calcaria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23. "Plataea calcaria". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23. "Plataea calcaria...
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    the Greeks who fought and defeated the Persian Empire at the Battle of Plataea (479 BC). The serpent heads of the 8-metre (26 ft) high column remained...
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    invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes. The battle was...
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    genus Plataea: Plataea aristidesi Rindge, 1976 c g Plataea blanchardaria Knudson, 1986 i g b Plataea calcaria (Pearsall, 1911) i c g b Plataea californiaria...
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    the offensive, decisively defeating the Persian army at the Battle of Plataea, and ending the invasion of Greece by the Achaemenid Empire. The allied...
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    following year the remainder of the Persian army was defeated at the Battle of Plataea and the Persian navy at the Battle of Mycale. The Persians made no further...
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    Hodges number for Plataea personaria is 6922. "Plataea personaria Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 27 January 2018. "Plataea personaria Report"...
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    north from the Isthmus to confront Mardonius. At the ensuing Battle of Plataea, the Greek infantry again proved its superiority, inflicting a severe defeat...
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    especially to Plataea, which they vainly attempted to reduce in 431 BC, were firm allies of Sparta, which in turn helped them to besiege Plataea and allowed...
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  • Plataea blanchardaria is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for Plataea blanchardaria...
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    invasion of Greece was decisively defeated in 480–479 BC, at Salamis and Plataea, marking the eventual withdrawal of the Persians from all their European...
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  • The Battle of Plataea was fought during 323 BC between the Athenian and Boeotian armies during the Lamian War. When a coalition of cities including Athens...
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    The walls of Constantinople (Turkish: Konstantinopolis Surları; Greek: Τείχη της Κωνσταντινούπολης) are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded...
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    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...
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  • Nebulosa plataea is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1893. It is found in Ecuador. Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic...
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    leaving behind Mardonius to continue his campaign. Mardonius was defeated at Plataea the following year, effectively ending the Persian invasion. After returning...
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    antiquity, it formed the border between the cities of Thebes and Plataea. The Battle of Plataea was fought on its banks. According to Pausanias (5.14.3) the...
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    Mycale was one of the two major battles (the other being the Battle of Plataea) that ended the second Persian invasion of Greece during the Greco-Persian...
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  • Boeotia originating on Mt. Cithaeron and flowing through the district of Plataea into the Euripus Strait. Asopos (Corinthia) or Phliasian Asopus, originating...
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    Greek army decisively defeat Mardonius and his troops at the Battle of Plataea, ending the second Persian invasion. Both ancient and modern writers have...
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  • helots for each of the 5,000 Spartan soldiers at the time of the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC. Thus the need to keep the helot population in check and to prevent...
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    Aristides (category Battle of Plataea)
    given special powers as commander of the Athenian forces at the Battle of Plataea of August 479 BC; he is also said to have suppressed a conspiracy among...
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  • Mardonius by crushing Mardonius' head with a rock during the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC. The event was described in Book 9 of the Histories of Herodotus...
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    Hodges number for Plataea californiaria is 6924. "Plataea californiaria Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-01. "Plataea californiaria Report"...
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    Pausanias the Regent (category Battle of Plataea)
    he won a pivotal victory against the Achaemenid Empire in the Battle of Plataea. Despite his role in ending the Second Persian invasion of Greece, Pausanias...
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    frieze showed the decisive victory over the Persians at the battle of Plataea. The east frieze showed an assembly of the gods Athena, Zeus and Poseidon...
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