Plataea
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin
Contributors:
DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, G. Reger, R. Talbert
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History
Plataea is an ancient city of Boeotia, located south of Thebes. In 479 BC Plataea was the site of the Battle of Plataea, in which an allied Greek army defeated the Persians. Plataea was destroyed in the Peloponnesian War by Thebes and Sparta in 427 BC and rebuilt in 386 BC.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/541063
38.2210753, 23.27353775
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of Plataea (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Plataea located in Boeotia (unspecified date range)
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abbey church, settlement, archaeological site
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Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 55 E4 Plataea
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kokkla
J. Fossey, J. Morin, DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, G. Reger, and R. Talbert, 'Plataea: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/541063> [accessed: 18 December 2024]
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