Chaeronea

Chaeronea (Greek Χαιρώνεια Khairṓneia) was a city in the province of Boeotia in Ancient Greece.

It was the scene of an historic battle at 338 BC, in which Philip II of Macedon overcame the forces of Athens and Thebes. (See Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC).)

In 86 BC, Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla won the battle against Mithridates VI of Pontus near Chaeronea. (See Battle of Chaeronea (86 BC).)

The ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch was born there, and several times refers to these and other facts about his native place in his writings.

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.