Plataea

Plataea (/pləˈtiːə/; Ancient Greek: Πλάταια, Plátaia) was an ancient Greek city-state situated in Boeotia near the frontier with Attica at the foot of Mt. Cithaeron, between the mountain and the river Asopus, which divided its territory from that of Thebes. Its inhabitants was known as the Plataeans (Πλαταιαί; Plataiaí, Latin: Plataenae).

This article is about the ancient city. For the geometer moth genus, see Plataea (moth).
Plataies and Plataea
Modern Plataies and ruins of the city of Plataea.
Topographical map of the ruins of Plataea.

It was the location of the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC, in which an alliance of Greek city-states defeated the Persians.

Plataea was destroyed and rebuilt several times during the Classical period of ancient Greece. The modern Greek town of Plataies is adjacent to its ruins.

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