Chaeronea
Boeotia (Greece)
A small town in Boeotia famous twice over—as the battlefield where Philip II of Macedon crushed Greek liberty in 338 BCE, and as the lifelong home of the biographer and Platonist priest Plutarch.
12 most-discussed ideas
Teachers who lived here
Works composed here
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Aemilius Paulus
by Plutarch
- 95
Ad principem ineruditum
by Plutarch
- 95
Adversus Coloten
by Plutarch
- 120
Theseus
by Plutarch
- 120
Romulus
by Plutarch
- 120
Comparison of Theseus and Romulus
by Plutarch
- 120
Lycurgus
by Plutarch
- 120
Numa
by Plutarch
- 120
Comparison of Lycurgus and Numa
by Plutarch
- 120
Solon
by Plutarch
- 120
Publicola
by Plutarch
- 120
Comparison of Solon and Publicola
by Plutarch
- 120
Themistocles
by Plutarch
- 120
Camillus
by Plutarch
- 120
Pericles
by Plutarch
- 120
Fabius Maximus
by Plutarch
- 120
Comparison of Pericles and Fabius Maximus
by Plutarch
- 120
Alcibiades
by Plutarch
- 120
Caius Marcius Coriolanus
by Plutarch
- 120
Comparison of Alcibiades and Coriolanus
by Plutarch
- 120
Timoleon
by Plutarch
- 120
Comparison of Timoleon and Aemilius
by Plutarch
- 120
Pelopidas
by Plutarch
- 120
Marcellus
by Plutarch
- 120
Comparison of Pelopidas and Marcellus
by Plutarch
- 120
Aristides
by Plutarch
- 120
Marcus Cato
by Plutarch
- 120
Comparison of Aristides and Marcus Cato
by Plutarch
- 120
Philopoemen
by Plutarch
- 120
Titus Flamininus
by Plutarch
- 120
Comparison of Philopoemen and Titus
by Plutarch
- 120
Pyrrhus
by Plutarch
- 120
Caius Marius
by Plutarch
- 120
Lysander
by Plutarch
- 120
Sulla
by Plutarch
- 120
Comparison of Lysander and Sulla
by Plutarch
- 120
Cimon
by Plutarch
- 120
Lucullus
by Plutarch
- 120
Comparison of Lucullus and Cimon
by Plutarch
- 120
Nicias
by Plutarch
- 120
Crassus
by Plutarch
- 120
Comparison of Nicias and Crassus
by Plutarch
- 120
Eumenes
by Plutarch
- 120
Sertorius
by Plutarch
- 120
Comparison of Sertorius and Eumenes
by Plutarch
- 120
Agesilaus
by Plutarch
- 120
Pompey
by Plutarch
- 120
Comparison of Agesilaus and Pompey
by Plutarch
- 120
Alexander
by Plutarch
- 120
Caesar
by Plutarch
- 120
Phocion
by Plutarch
- 120
Cato the Younger
by Plutarch
- 120
Agis and Cleomenes
by Plutarch
- 120
Tiberius and Caius Gracchus
by Plutarch
- 120
Comparison of Agis and Cleomenes and the Gracchi
by Plutarch
- 120
Demosthenes
by Plutarch
- 120
Cicero
by Plutarch
- 120
Comparison of Demosthenes and Cicero
by Plutarch
- 120
Demetrius
by Plutarch
- 120
Antony
by Plutarch
- 120
Comparison of Demetrius and Antony
by Plutarch
- 120
Dion
by Plutarch
- 120
Brutus
by Plutarch
- 120
Comparison of Dion and Brutus
by Plutarch
- 120
Aratus
by Plutarch
- 120
Artaxerxes
by Plutarch
- 120
Galba
by Plutarch
- 120
Otho
by Plutarch
- 120
De liberis educandis
- 120
Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat
by Plutarch
- 120
De recta ratione audiendi
by Plutarch
- 120
Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur
by Plutarch
- 120
Quomodo quis suos in virtute sentiat profectus
by Plutarch
- 120
De capienda ex inimicis utilitate
by Plutarch
- 120
De amicorum multitudine
by Plutarch
- 120
De fortuna
by Plutarch
- 120
De virtute et vitio
by Plutarch
- 120
Consolatio ad Apollonium
- 120
De tuenda sanitate praecepta
by Plutarch
- 120
Conjugalia Praecepta
by Plutarch
Ideas shaped here
Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Chaeronea. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.