Troops led by the victor's son Alexander charged into the gap, encircling the Thebans on the right wing and slaying to the last man the homosexual Sacred Band.
This site was the birthplace of Plutarch. Precipitated by the seizure of Elateia, the most notable battle to take place here was broken wide open when the Athenians charged after a feint by the opposing commander's hypaspists. Troops led by the victor's son Alexander charged into the gap, encircling the Thebans on the right wing and slaying to the last man the homosexual Sacred Band. For ten points, name this 338 B.C. battle in Boeotia at which Philip II of Macedon secured Macedonian hegemony in Greece.
This site was the birthplace of Plutarch. Precipitated by the seizure of Elateia, the most notable battle to take place here was broken wide open when the Athenians charged after a feint by the opposing commander's hypaspists.
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