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Plataea is an ancient city, located in Greece in southeastern
Boeotia, south of Thebes. It was the
location of the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC, in which an alliance of Greek city-states defeated
the Persians and ended the Persian
Wars. In 427 BC, during the Peloponnesian War, it was captured by Thebes,
an ally of Sparta; the Spartans then executed the males and enslaved the women and
children before destroying the city. Plataea was later rebuilt in 386 BC.
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