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'''Chaeronea''' was a city in the province of
Boeotia in
Ancient Greece.
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).)
In
86 BC, Roman general
Lucius Cornelius Sulla won the battle against
Mithridates VI of Pontus near Chaeronea. (See
Battle of Chaeronea (86 BC).)
The ancient biographer and essayist
Plutarch was born there,
and several times refers to these and other facts about his native place in his
writings.
bg:Херонея
