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There are two instances of Plataea in two chapters.
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use of it, he reminds him also that, at the battle of Plataea, when the Spartan infantry, famous for standing its ground, found itself unable …
In that great battle of Plataea, that the Greeks under the command of Pausanias gained against Mardonius and …