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Plataea (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 38 13 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.2167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 023 16 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 23.2667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in E central Greece, S of Thebes; was a thriving ancient city allied with Athens during Persian Wars in 500 BC; was destroyed several times in Antiquity, by Persians, Greeks, Thebes, & Alexander the Great. |
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| Plataea (preferred,C,V)
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| Plataiai (C,V)
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| Plataeae (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Platee (C,V)
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| Plataiaí (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Kókla (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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Boeotia (regional division) (P) |
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Plataea (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled in ancient times, declined after 4th cen. BC |
| town (C) |
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