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	Category:Battles - Military History Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Battles may be small scale, only involving a handful of individuals, perhaps two squads, up to battles on army levels where hundreds of thousands may be engaged in a single battle at one time.
		A "battle of annihilation" is one in which the defeated party is destroyed in the field, such as the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile.
		A "decisive battle" is one of particular importance; by bringing hostilities to an end, such as the Battle of Hastings, or as a turning point in the fortunes of the belligerents, such as the Battle of Stalingrad.
	www.militaryhistorywiki.org /index.php?title=Category:Battles (1314 words)

	Plataea - LoveToKnow 1911
		PLATAEA, or Plataeae, an ancient Greek city of Boeotia, situated close under Mt Cithaeron, near the passes leading from Peloponnesus and Attica to Thebes, and separated from the latter city's territory by the river.
		In spite of this guarantee Plataea was attacked by Thebes at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War (431) and formally besieged by the Peloponnesians (429-27).
		Plataea was rebuilt by Philip and Alexander of Macedon, and during the rest of antiquity enjoyed a safe but obscure existence.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Plataea (650 words)

	The Persians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		That battle took place in 480 BC, only eight years before The Persians was performed.
		Aeschylus had participated in the battle, and it is likely that most of his Athenian audience had either fought in the battle or had been affected by it directly.
		Atossa then goes to the tomb of her dead husband Darius, who appears to her as a ghost, although he is ignorant of the defeat.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/t/th/the_persians.html (572 words)

	Plataea - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		PLATAEA [Plataea], ancient city of Greece, in S Boeotia (now Voiotía), on the slope of Mt. Cithaeron (Kithairón).
		Plataea had voluntarily passed from Theban to Athenian protection before the Persian Wars and stood by Athens at Marathon (490 BC).
		In 479 BC, Plataea was the scene of the decisive defeat of the Persians by the Greeks under Pausanias (with Aristides commanding the fleet).
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-plataea.html (223 words)

	Battles of Xerxes I
		Plataea 479 B.C. After the naval battle of Salamis, Xerxes handed over command of the main army to Mardonius and then moved the fleet, and the rest of the army back to Asia to suppress any Ionian revolts.
		The battle is described as a naval battle as it ended with the destruction of the last of the Persian fleet in the Aegean, but all fighting took place on land.
		Unlike Plataea where the Persians were able to retreat back to their pallisade with the support of their cavalry, the Persian at Mycale did not have the same cover and the Athenians pursued them closely and forced an entry.
	members.ozemail.com.au /~ancientpersia/B_xerxes.html (2710 words)

	The Greeks - The Battle of Plataea *(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)*
		The defeat of the Persian navy at Salamis in 480 was by no means the end of the war, but it was the decisive battle that made ultimate victory likely, if not inevitable.
		The final land battle between the Persians and the Greeks took place a year later in the region of Boeotia, near the town of Plataeae.
		The battle itself was actually a series of battles.
	www.pbs.org /empires/thegreeks/background/26_p1.html (225 words)

	Plataea - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Plataea, ancient city of Greece, in Boeotia, at the base of Mount Cithaeron, south of the ancient city of Thebes.
		Plataea, Battle of, final battle of the Persian Wars in which the remaining Persian forces in Greece were defeated and driven out.
		By the time the invading Persians reached Athens, the residents had evacuated, and the Persians burned an empty city.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Plataea.html (78 words)

	Military History Online - King Arthur
		The eighth was the battle in the stronghold of Guinnion, in which Arthur carried upon his choulders the image of the Blessed Mary, the Eternal Virgin.
		The sixth battle, on the river Bassas, is unknown.
		The ninth battle was fought at the castle of Guinnon.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /ancient/britain/twelve.aspx (1583 words)

	Name That Battle! (BCE) quiz -- free game
		This battle may be said to have been Alexander the Great's first major victory against the Persian Empire.
		This battle is said to be one of Julius Caesar's greatest victories, and effectively marked the end of significant Gallic resistance to Roman rule.
		The decision to fight this sea battle was made on the basis of a prediction made by the Oracle at Delphi.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=210788 (312 words)

	479 BC : Encyclopedia Entry
		27 August - The Battle of Plataea in Boeotia ends the Persian invasions of Greece as the Persian general Mardonius is routed by the Greeks under Pausanias, nephew of the former Spartan King, Leonidas.
		The Athenian contingent is led by the repatriated Aristides.
		Ephialtes, betrayer of the Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae.
	www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/479_BC (219 words)

	Mycale
		The Battle of Mycale was one of the two major battles that ended the Persian Wars and returned freedom to the Greek city-states.
		The Battle of Plataea on the same day on the Greek mainland was a victory as well, and the Persians were forced to leave both Greece and Ionia and retreat inland, thereby ending Persian rule.
		The battle is known to history through the writings of Herodotus of Halicarnassus.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/History/Battles/Mycale.html (742 words)

	plataea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Plataea (DBM Order of battle) The third Greek command (the Megarans and others) had retreated as far as Plataea by the time the battle started.
		Plataea is an ancient city, located in Greece in southeastern Boeotia, south of Thebes...
		Plataea - a defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks in 479 BCbattle of Plataeapitched battle...
	www.architecture-onweb.com /64/plataea-.html (427 words)

	Battle of Plataea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Plataea was the last battle of the Persian Wars in southern Greece.
		The battle near Mycale is supposed to have taken place at the same time, accounting for at least 25,000 men (mostly Athenians but also many Spartans) on the Asian front, which means the Greek coalition could have numbered around 80,000 men.
		According to tradition, the battle of Mycale occurred on the same day, with the Greek fleet destroying the Persian in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Ionia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Plataea (2040 words)

	Battle of Plataea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Battle of Plataea took place in 479 BC between an alliance of Greek city-states and the Persians.
		After the Battle of Salamis, Xerxes I returned to Persia, leaving Mardonius in charge of the conquered Greek territories.
		According to tradition, the Battle of Mycale occurred on the same day, with the Greek fleet destroying the Persians in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Ionia.
	battle-of-plataea.kiwiki.homeip.net (821 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2006.02.14
		For instance, Lendon deftly sketches the battle of Plataea (479 B.C.) and illustrates the Greek virtue of holding one's position in the phalanx by the case of Amompharetus, the "stubborn Spartan" whose refusal to budge threatened the entire Greek army yet won him glory.
		There are no descriptions of naval battles in Homer either, which might have given the admirals of Greece's new trireme fleets in 480 freedom to pick and choose from epic: they adopted Homeric guile without ritualized combat, thereby paving the way for the sophisticated tactics of Artemisium and the cunning of Salamis.
		For example, he quotes Aemilius Paullus, the Roman victor of the battle of Pydna (167 B.C.), saying that a good general does not fight a pitched battle unless it is absolutely necessary or an absolutely sure path to victory.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2006/2006-02-14.html (1740 words)

	Plataea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		ncient Plataea, situated at the foot of Mt. Kithairon, has always remained a strong ally of the Athenians and an enemy of the Thebans.
		In 479 B.C. the famous battle which remained in Greek History as a symbol of resstance against the Persian conquerors took place.
		It was built by the Thebans in 426 B.C. after the destruction of Plataea.
	www.culture.gr /2/21/211/21109a/e211ia09.html (526 words)

	Plataea * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
		P to Peitho Pelasgians to Phaedrias Phaeo to Pitys Plataea to Polyphemos 2 Polyxena to Pyxis 2
		The Greeks were, as was their nature, bickering amongst themselves as to where each contingent should be placed in the battle lines; at dawn, Mardonius taunted the Spartans and challenged them to a one-on-one fight, i.e.
		The battle of Plataea was over and the Greeks had won the day with their superior military acumen and sheer bravery; the next time the Persians were fated to face a Greek army was when Alexander the Great conquered them in 331 BCE.
	www.messagenet.com /myths/ppt/Plataea_1.html (384 words)

	Battle of Plataea (479 BC)
		In the summer of 479 B.C., a confederated Greek force of some 60,000 hoplites under the command of the Spartan King Pausanius marched north to seek battle with the invaders.
		It appears from their performance in the battle that they were anything but unwilling.
		It appears that substantial numbers of troops escaped from the battle and made their way back to Asia but the Persian army had been destroyed as an effective fighting force and the Persians had been driven from Europe for the last time.
	www.fanaticus.org /DBA/battles/plataea.html (1074 words)

	Battles: Battle of Plataea :: 0 A.D. :: Wildfire Games
		In the resulting battle of Salamis the much smaller, but better built, allied Greek navy, was able to draw the numerically superior Persian navy into a trap and destroy it.
		In the greater aftermath of Plataea the impact the victory had was that never again would Persia invade Greece, or even harbor a dream of conquering the peninsula ever again.
		In conclusion the Battle of Plataea was a great victory of Greek arms and the Greek method of fighting, a great battle of history.
	www.wildfiregames.com /0ad/page.php?p=10020 (2614 words)

	Detail Page
		The town of Plataea fought on the Greek side, as a staunch ally of Athens and longtime enemy of Thebes.
		The Battle of Plataea consisted of two simultaneous actions, separated by perhaps a mile.
		Before the battle, the Greeks had sworn an oath of camaraderie—the famous Oath of Plataea—pledging, among other things, never to harm Athens, Sparta, or the town of Plataea.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=GRE0412 (812 words)

	History of Iran: Xerxes (Khashayar Shah)
		But the Persian fleet lost the Battle of Salamis, and the impetus of the invasion was blunted.
		The real end of the invasion came with the Battle of Plataea, the fall of Thebes (a stronghold of pro-Persian forces), and the Persian naval loss at Mycale in 479 BCE.
		Up until Mardonius was killed, the issue of the battle was probably still in doubt, but, once leaderless, the less organized and less disciplined Persian forces collapsed.
	www.iranchamber.com /history/xerxes/xerxes.php (480 words)

	Wikinfo \| Battle of Plataea
		The Athenians formed the left wing of the army during this movement while the Spartans formed the right wing and the Tegeans formed the middle.
		This ended the Persian War, although the Persians continued to interfere in Greek politics until they were conquered in the 4th century BC by Alexander the Great.
		A bronze column in the shape of intertwined snakes was created from the treasure acquired in the plunder of the Persian camp, which commemorated all the Greek city-states who participated in the battle.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Battle_of_Plataea (729 words)

	Summary of and commentary on Herodotus' Histories, book 9
		During the night, the Persian mounted archers attack the source between Plataea and the Asopus, hoping to force the Greek troops to go back to the south, to the sources on the slopes of the Kithaeron mountains.
		The decisive moment in the battle seems to have been the death of Mardonius, who must have died as a happy man, knowing that his army had been victorious.
		It was the last battle the Greeks had to fight against the Persians at home; the next battle took place in Asia.
	www.livius.org /he-hg/herodotus/logos9_26.html (1560 words)

	Thebes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When the relations between Athens and Sparta started deteriorating, Thebes sided with the later and contributed to the defeat of Athens at the battle of Tanagra in 457, only to be defeated by Athens at Oenophita two months later after the Spartans had returned home (see Thucydides, I, 107-108).
		For a while, Epaminondas' Thebes took over the role of leading Greek city, freeing the Messenians from Spartan dominion, intervening in all parts of Greece, until Epaminondas was killed in 362 at the battle of Mantinea while fighting a coalition led by Athens and Sparta reconciled against him.
		Eventually persuaded to switch sides by Demosthenes and to team up with Athens against Philip, Thebes took part in the battle of Chæronea (338), where the victory of Philip and is 18 years old son Alexander over the Greek coalition marked the end of Greek autonomy.
	idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /AncGreece/thebes1.htm (710 words)

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