Editing Plataea (section)

== Battle of Chaeroneia ==
In 338 BC the simmering war between Athens and [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Macedon]] came to a head when Philip brought his army into southern Greece.  At the last minute Thebes, which had been in league with Macedon for years, switched sides and fought with Athens against him and his son [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]] at [[Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)|Chaeroneia]], in northern Boeotia.  The result was a resounding victory for Macedon.  Among the settlements later imposed by Philip on the Greek cities, the Plataeans were restored to their city once more.<ref>Pausanias, ix.1.8; iv.27.10.</ref> 

In 335 BC, Thebes revolted against Alexander, who had succeeded his father the previous year.  In response, Alexander destroyed the city, sending the Theban survivors into slavery.<ref>Diodorus, viii.8-16; Arrian, ''Anabasis of Alexander'', vii-ix.</ref>  With their would-be overlords out of the picture, the Plataeans were finally free.