Chaeronea

Chaeronea (Greek ') was a city in the province of Boeotia in Ancient Greece.

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It was the scene of an historic battle at 338 BC, in which Philip II of Macedon overcame the forces of Athens and Thebes. (See Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC).)

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In 86 BC, Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla won the battle against Mithridates VI of Pontus near Chaeronea. (See Battle of Chaeronea (86 BC).)

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The ancient biographer and essayist Plutarch was born there,

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and several times refers to these and other facts about his native place in his

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writings.

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Greek: The noun Greek refers to:...

Boeotia: Boeotia (Greek Βοιωτια; see also List of traditional Greek place names) was the central area of ancient Greece. It is also a prefecture of modern Greece, see Boeotia Prefecture....

Ancient Greece: Ancient Greece is the term used to describe the Greek-speaking world in ancient times. It refers not only to the geographical peninsula of modern Greece, but also to areas of Hellenic culture that were settled in ancient times by Greeks: Cyprus, the Aegean coast of Turkey (then known as Ionia), Sic...