Chaeronea

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Chaeronea is an ancient town in central Greece best known as the site of the pivotal Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC, where Philip II of Macedon defeated the Greek city-states.

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Chaeronea canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek biographer
ancient town
archaeological site
battle
funerary monument
settlement
belligerent Athens
Macedon
Thebes
allied Greek city-states
birthplaceOf Plutarch
bornIn Chaeronea self-linksurface differs
commandedBy Alexander the Great
Philip II of Macedon
commemorates Theban Sacred Band
conflictIn Macedonian expansion in Greece
country Greece
date 338 BC
hasAncientName Chaironeia
hasArchaeologicalFind ancient fortifications
battlefield remains
tombs of fallen soldiers
hasEvent Battle of Chaeronea
surface form: Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)
hasModernAdministrativeUnit municipal unit of Chaeronea
hasMonument Lion of Chaeronea
heritageStatus site of historical interest in Greece
historicalPeriod Classical Greece
Hellenistic period
knownFor Battle of Chaeronea
birthplace of Plutarch
locatedIn Boeotia
Boeotia
Chaeronea self-linksurface differs
Chaeronea self-linksurface differs
central Greece
region of Central Greece
regional unit of Boeotia
near Kopais basin
partOf Boeotia
surface form: ancient Boeotia

municipality of Livadeia
result decisive Macedonian victory
significance end of independence of many Greek city-states
established Macedonian hegemony over Greece
situatedOn Cephissus River
timeZone Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Time

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Boeotia contains Chaeronea
Plutarch bornIn Chaeronea
Battle of Chaeronea location Chaeronea
Lake Copais nearAncientCity Chaeronea
Chaeronea locatedIn Chaeronea self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)
Chaeronea locatedIn Chaeronea self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Lion of Chaeronea
Chaeronea bornIn Chaeronea self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Plutarch
Lebadea locatedNear Chaeronea