Plataea

Plataea (Greek Πλαταιαί ( f pl), also Πλάταια ( f sg ). Latin Plataea, Plataea German ) was an ancient city in Südboiotien, near the border of Attica, known as the site of the Battle of Plataea 479 BC

The polis was since 519 BC always a reliable ally of Athens, for example, at the Battle of Marathon. Since 479 BC - the Greeks beat the Persians under Pausanias - was the name of the city as a symbol of the victorious resistance against the Persians. The neighboring Thebes tried several times to annex Plataea. In the Peloponnesian War the Thebans led after the siege of Plataea in 427 BC, the utter destruction of the city. A second time they destroyed it 372 BC after the reconstruction. Alexander the Great built the city end of the 4th century again, and Plataea persisted until the end of antiquity. Today is located near the village Platees ( Greek: Πλαταιές ), about 10 km south of Thebes. Plataea was a bishopric; on the titular Plataea goes back.