battle of Plataea


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Noun1.battle of Plataea - a defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479 BCbattle of Plataea - a defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479 BC
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Boeotia - a district of ancient Greece to the northwest of Athens
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