Chaeronea

American  

[ker-uh-nee-uh] / ˌkɛr əˈni ə /

noun

1. an ancient city in E Greece, in Boeotia: victory of Philip of Macedon over the Athenians, Thebans, and their allies, 338 b.c.

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Chaeronea British  

/ ˌkɛrəˈniːə /

noun

1. an ancient Greek town in W Boeotia: site of the victory of Philip of Macedon over the Athenians and Thebans (338 _bc ) and of Sulla over Mithridates (86 _bc )

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Chaeronea

Hellenism had been the product of the free life of the Greek city-state, and after Chaeronea the great days of the city-state were past.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

During the eight years between the peace of Philocrates and the battle of Chaeronea, the authority of Demosthenes steadily grew, until it became first predominant and then paramount.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various

Defeat can on occasion leave men their self-respect or even their pride; as it did after Chaeronea in 338 and after the Chremonidean War in 262, not to speak of Thermopylae.

From Five Stages of Greek Religion by Gilbert Murray

Furthermore, Plutarch, having lived alwaies honourably even to old age, he died quietly among his children and friends in the city of Chaeronea, leaving his writings, an immortal savour of his name, unto posterity.

From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Aubrey Stewart

At Chaeronea the numerically inferior but better disciplined Romans won a complete victory.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak

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