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Chaeronea

noun
1.
A battle in which Philip II of Macedon defeated the Athenians and Thebans (338 BC) and also Sulla defeated Mithridates (86 BC).





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"Chaeronea" Quotes from Famous Books



... like those of soldiers exciting themselves to combat. Plutarch speaks also of spectres which were seen, and frightful howlings that were heard in some public baths, where they had put to death several citizens of Chaeronea, his native place; they had even been obliged to shut up these baths, which did not prevent those who lived near from continuing to hear great noises, and seeing from time ...
— The Phantom World - or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. • Augustin Calmet


Words linked to "Chaeronea" :   Greece, pitched battle, Hellenic Republic, Ellas


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