In both 427 and 387 BCE, this city was razed by enemies, and it was not rebuilt until 338 under Philip of Macedon.
In both 427 and 387 BCE, this city was razed by enemies, and it was not rebuilt until 338 under Philip of Macedon. The Tegean contingent was the first to charge in a battle at this city, which, like Chaeronea decades later, saw the destruction of Thebes's Sacred Band. Before the battle at this site began, one side launched a raid to defile the other's water source, which had been left undefended. This battle did not begin for eight days after the arrival of the armies at a nearby location, due to neither's unwillingness to give up favorable position. The troops under Amompharetus nearly abandoned this battle due to that commander's pique at being left out of the planning council. This city's strategic position came from its overlooking the road from Thebes to Corinth. Located on a triangular outcropping of Mount Cithaeron. In an event commemorated by annual sacrifices to Zeus the Liberator, and taking place on the same day as the naval Battle of Mycale, an army under Mardonius was defeated here by Pausanias. For 10 points, name this site of the 479 BCE battle which ended the Greco-Persian wars.
In both 427 and 387 BCE, this city was razed by enemies, and it was not rebuilt until 338 under Philip of Macedon.
{Plataea}