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	Plataea - Second Persian War - History for Kids!
		Now that the Greeks had won a major naval victory over the Persians at Salamis, they were braver.
		Now they were all eager to fight the Persian army on land too.
		So in the spring of 479 BC, when Xerxes sent the Persian army back to Greece (he didn't come himself this time), the Greeks met the Persians in the battle of Plataea (plah-TAY-ah) (near Thebes, north of Athens).
	www.historyforkids.org /learn/greeks/history/plataea.htm (334 words)

	Plataea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Plataea is an ancient city, located in Greece in southeastern Boeotia, south of Thebes.
		It was the location of the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC, in which an alliance of Greek city-states defeated the Persians and ended the Persian Wars.
		Plataea was destroyed in the Peloponnesian War by Thebes and Sparta in 427 BC and rebuilt in 386 BC.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plataea (674 words)

	PLATAEA - LoveToKnow Article on PLATAEA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Pausanias thereupon ordered a night retreat to the hilly ground near Plataea, but themovement was badly executed; for whereas the Peloponnesians in the centre retired beyond their proper station, the Spartans and Athenians on the win.gs were still in the plain at daybreak.
		In spite of this guarantee Plataea was attacked by Thebes at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War (~31) and formally besieged by the Peloponnesians (42927).
		Plataea was rebuilt by Philip and Alexander of Macedon, and during the rest of antiquity enjoyed a safe but obscure existence.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PL/PLATAEA.htm (603 words)

	Battle of Plataea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Plataea was the last battle of the Persian Wars in southern Greece.
		It took place in 479 BC between an alliance of Greek city-states Sparta, Athens, Corinth, Megara, and others against the Persians and with it the Persians were repelled from Greece.
		British historian Nicolas Hammond accepts that there were 300,000 Persians at Plataea though he claims that the invasion force that was gathered in Doriskos one year earlier was smaller.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Plataea (2071 words)

	CLAS 175: Scott Rusch on Plataea, 2/22/96
		Grundy calculated the total circumference of the acropolis wall at 1430 yards, with that on the least assailable northern and western sides being 700 yards long, the section of east wall shielded by the ravine 150 yards, and the open section to the south 580 yards.
		Plataea had, then, a small but defensible site, home to a citizen population of under a thousand men during the fifth century B.C. The plateau on which it lay juts into a fertile, well- watered plain, bounded on the north by the line of the river Asopus.
		Plataea was the doorway to Boeotia, so anyone wanting to open or close that doorway needed to control the town.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /rrice/175sr222.html (8172 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)

	Search Results for "Plataea"
		Plataea had voluntarily passed from Theban to Athenian protection before the Persian Wars and stood...
		He was the victorious commander at Plataea (479) near Thebes in the Persian Wars and followed up the battle with expeditions...
		He was one of the 10 generals who commanded the Athenians at the battle of Marathon (490 B.C.) and in the next year became chief archon....
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	Plataea articles on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Plataea 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).
		He was the victorious commander at Plataea (479) near Thebes in the Persian Wars and followed up the battle with expeditions to Cyprus and Byzantium.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/37180.html (407 words)

	Plataea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		It was the location of the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC, in which an alliance of Greek city-state s defeated the Persia ns and ended the Persian Wars.
		In 427 BC, during the Peloponnesian War, it was captured by Thebes, an ally of Sparta ; the Spartans then executed the males and enslaved the women and children before destroying the city.
		The Persian Wars Concise description of events during the Persian wars from Croesus to Plataea.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Plataea.html (161 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Battle of Plataea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Battle of Lade was fought in 494 BC between the Ionians and the Persians.
		Combatants Athens and Plataea Persia Commanders Miltiades, Callimachusâ€ Darius I of Persia, Artaphernes Strength About 10,000 Athenians and 1,000 Plataeans 20,000-60,000 by modern estimates 1 Casualties 192 Athenians and 11 Plateans dead 6,400 dead, 7 ships captured 1 Ancient sources give numbers ranging from...
		The battle of salamis was a naval battle between the greek city-states and persia, fought in september, 480 bc in the straits between piraeus and salamis,...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Plataea (4712 words)

	Plataea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		ncient Plataea, situated at the foot of Mt. Kithairon, has always remained a strong ally of the Athenians and an enemy of the Thebans.
		It was built by the Thebans in 426 B.C. after the destruction of Plataea.
		It was rectangular, with many rooms in each of its two storeys and an inner court at the centre.
	www.culture.gr /2/21/211/21109a/e211ia09.html (526 words)

	The Internet Classics Archive \| The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
		For Plataea had always been at variance with Thebes; and the latter, foreseeing that war was at hand, wished to surprise her old enemy in time of peace, before hostilities had actually broken out.
		While such was the fate of the party in Plataea, the rest of the Thebans who were to have joined them with all their forces before daybreak, in case of anything miscarrying with the body that had entered, received the news of the affair on the road, and pressed forward to their succour.
		After this the Athenians marched to Plataea and brought in provisions, and left a garrison in the place, also taking away the women and children and such of the men as were least efficient.
	classics.mit.edu /Thucydides/pelopwar.2.second.html (10241 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Mardonius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Mardonius prepared to meet them at Plataea, despite the opposition from another Persian commander, Artabazus, who, like Artabanus, did not think that a much larger Persian army could automatically defeat the Greeks.
		Mardonius was killed in the ensuing battle (see Battle of Plataea).
		His head was cut off and placed on a stake, just as he had done to Leonidas at Thermopylae, and his body was never recovered by the remnant of the Persian army.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mardonius (662 words)

	Platee (Plataea) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Jupiter appears to Plataea in a variety of shapes, as a donkey, then as an owl, and finally as himself, to be entertained in a mock divertissement.
		Juno, in hiding, observes the mock-wedding ceremony, eventually emerging to unveil the bride and realise the ridiculous nature of the proceedings.
		Plataea is left to the mockery of the country-people.
	www.naxos.com /NewDesign/fintro.files/bintro.files/operas/Platee(Plataea).htm (181 words)

	The Baldwin Project: The Story of Greece by Mary Macgregor
		Masistius, the favourite and most famous officer of the Persians, led his cavalry against the cavalry of the enemy and soon a fierce conflict was raging.
		When all was ready, he saw couches and tables of gold and silver, all fairly spread and a banquet splendidly set forth; and then, marvelling at this magnificence and glory, he charged his own servants, by way of mockery, to prepare a Spartan feast.
		While the battle of Plataea was being fought, the Greek fleet was lying at Delos, an island in the Ægean Sea.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=macgregor&book=greece&story=plataea (1380 words)

	Battle of Plataea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Mardonius sent a cavalry charge under the commander Masistius to take the pass, but Masistius was resisted by the Megara ns and Athenians under the command of Olympiodorus.
		The Greeks began to move away from the pass towards the plain of Plataea where Mardonius was camped, and where the Greek hoplite s could fight more easily.
		The Athenians formed the left wing of the army during this movement while the Spartans formed the right wing and the Tegea ns formed the middle.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Battle_of_Plataea.html (1537 words)

	Battle of plataea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	History of Iran: Persian influence on Greece
		The buildings we are about to discuss, were all built after the Persian general Mardonius had destroyed Athens in 479 BCE, and after the battles in the harbor of Athens, at Plataea and at Eurymedon, where the Greeks had defeated the Persians.
		Except for precious metals, utensils and luxuries, weapons and tents were taken away from the battle field at Plataea.
		It is certain that after Plataea, the pavilion of the great king was taken to Athens.
	www.iranchamber.com /history/articles/persian_influence_on_greece2.php (902 words)

	HELLAS:NET - Warfare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Mardonius had chosen the battlefield at Plataea, south of Thebes, because the plains at the south and west of his camp are very suitable for his cavalry.
		He moves his army into the plains, and marches around Plataea where he is much closer to the Asopos ridge where there is plenty of water.
		The inexperienced troops who were already at Plataea noticed this and moved forwards to help their Athenian friends.
	monolith.dnsalias.org /~marsares/warfare/battle/plataea.html (1874 words)

	The siege of Plataea
		More to the north, beyond the Cithaeron mountains, was Plataea, inconveniently situated between Megara and Thebes, another ally of Sparta.
		First he enclosed the town with a palisade formed of the fruit trees which they cut down, to prevent further egress from Plataea; next they threw up a mound against the city, hoping that the largeness of the force employed would ensure the speedy reduction of the place.
		This was the sum total at the commencement of the siege, and there was no one else within the walls, bond or free.
	www.livius.org /pb-pem/peloponnesian_war/war_t10.html (955 words)

	AllRefer.com - Plataea (Ancient History, Greece) - Encyclopedia
		Plataea had voluntarily passed from Theban to Athenian protection before the Persian Wars and stood by Athens at Marathon (490
		B.C., Plataea was the scene of the decisive defeat of the Persians by the Greeks under Pausanias (with Aristides commanding the fleet).
		At the beginning of the Peloponnesian War, Thebes attacked (431) the city.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Plataea.html (202 words)

	Battle of Plataea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Mardonius sent acavalry charge under the commander Masistius to take the pass, but Masistius was resisted by the Megarans and Athenians under the command of Olympiodorus.
		The Greeksbegan to move away from the pass towards the plain of Plataea where Mardonius was camped, and where the Greek hoplites could fight more easily.
		The Athenians formed the left wing of the army during thismovement while the Spartans formed the right wing and the Tegeans formed the middle.
	www.therfcc.org /battle-of-plataea-76110.html (627 words)

	Battle of Plataea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		After the Battle of Salamis Xerxes I returned to Persia leaving Mardonius in charge of the conquered Greek Mardonius through Alexander I of Macedon asked for a truce with Athens offering autonomous government and Persian aid rebuilding their city.
		Mardonius sent a cavalry charge under commander Masistius to take the pass but was resisted by the Megarans and Athenians under the command of Masistius was killed and his cavalry retreated.
		Greeks began to move away from the towards the plain of Plataea where Mardonius camped and where the Greek hoplites could fight more easily.
	www.freeglossary.com /Battle_of_Platea (950 words)

	Military History Online - The Battle of Plataea - August, 479 BCE
		Here the Greek style of decisive, heavy infantry combat, which for the most part had only been seen during the internecine wars amongst the Greeks, would be put to the test in the fields outside of the town of Plataea by the richest and most powerful empire in the world.
		As the Greeks redeployed to the west, Herodotus relates a dispute between the Tegeans and the Athenians for the second place of honor on the left flank.
		This final raid, or the prospect of losing more wagons in the plain between Plataea and his position on the ridge, compelled Pausanias to act.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /ancient/plataea/default.aspx (2799 words)

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