Plataea (/pləˈtiːə/; Ancient Greek: Πλάταια, Plátaia) was an ancient Greek city-state situated in Boeotia near the frontier with Attica at the foot of Mt. Cithaeron, between the mountain and the river Asopus, which divided its territory from that of Thebes.[1] Its inhabitants was known as the Plataeans (Πλαταιαί; Plataiaí, Latin: Plataenae). It was the location of the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC, in which an alliance of Greek city-states defeated the Persians . Plataea was destroyed and rebuilt several times during the Classical period of ancient Greece. The modern Greek town of Plataies is adjacent to its ruins.
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