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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Example Sentences

Externally, it is divided into the chapter which precedes and the chapter which follows Chaeronea.

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

This civilization extended from northern edge of Thessaly as far south as Chaeronea.

From How to Observe in Archaeology by Various

She was a familiar deity at Orchomenus and Chaeronea for generations before Plutarch found in her legends a congenial field for the exposition of his concordat between philosophy and myth.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

Thus much of the actions of Chaeronea and Orchomenus.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh

Moving south Sulla then met Mithridates’ army on the Boeotian plain and at Chaeronea gained a victory that rang through the world.

From Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men by Hamilton, Mary Agnes