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Chaeronea

[ker-uh-nee-uh]
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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Examples from the Web for chaeronea

Historical Examples

  • Demosthenes, my hero-coward, how nimble were thy heels at Chaeronea!

    Zanoni

    Edward Bulwer Lytton

  • Sextus of Chaeronea, a Stoic philosopher, nephew of Plutarch.

    Meditations

    Marcus Aurelius

  • Since the battle of Chaeronea, this citadel had been held by a Macedonian garrison.

    The Anabasis of Alexander

    Arrian of Nicomedia

  • The battle of Orchomenus, against Archelaus, was a repetition of Chaeronea.

    Battle Studies

    Charles-Jean-Jacques-Joseph Ardant du Picq

  • This measure, he said, was not drawn up by any orator, but by the battle of Chaeronea.

British Dictionary definitions for chaeronea

Chaeronea

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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