Chaeronea

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chaeronea \Chaeronea\ n. (Greek antiquity)
     either of two battles in ancient Greece, one in which Philip
     of Macedon defeated the Athenians and Thebans (338 BC), or
     another in which Sulla defeated Mithridates (86 BC).
     [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Chaeronea
       n : a battle in which Philip II of Macedon defeated the
           Athenians and Thebans (338 BC) and also Sulla defeated
           Mithridates (86 BC)