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Meanings of battle of plataia in English

Russian
сражение при платеях
Portuguese
batalha de plateias
Spanish
batalla de platea
Catalan
batalla de platees
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Decisive land battle during Persian invasion of Greece, 479 BCE.

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        Examples for "battle of plataea"
        Examples for "battle of plataea"
        1
        Since the battle of Plataea a remarkable change was apparent in Pausanias.
        Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book IV
        2
        The Greeks landed on the very day on which the battle of Plataea was fought.
        A Smaller History of Greece: from the Earliest Times to the Roma...
        3
        Within eighty years after the battle of Plataea, mercenary troops were everywhere plying for battles and sieges.
        Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
        4
        The sea-fight of Salamis was won by the Greeks against enormous odds; and in the battle of Platæa, B.C.
        The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01
        5
        See Encyclopedia Britannica-article on Greece (Persian Wars subtitle) for account of the Persian invasion and battle of Plataea.
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