Archaeological Site of Plataea

Ancient Boeotian city on a ledge 300 m above sea level on the north slope of Mount Cithaeron [1] [2]. Allied with Athens from c. 519 BC, Plataea sent 1,000 soldiers to the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC [2] [3]. In 479 BC, Greek forces under Pausanias defeated the Persian army of Mardonius, decisively ending Persian expansion into mainland Greece [4] [5]. The city was repeatedly destroyed by Thebes and Sparta before Philip II and Alexander rebuilt it after 338 BC [2] [3].