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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Two hills of southeast Thessaly in northeast Greece. They were the site of a battle between the Theban and Thessalian armies in 364 BC and of a Roman victory over the Macedonian forces of Philip V in 197 BC.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC); the Romans defeated King Philip of Macedon.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the fields in Thessaly where in 197 BC the Romans defeated the Macedonians
- noun the battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC); the Romans defeated Philip V who lost his control of Greece
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Examples
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When they had surmounted the range of hills called Cynoscephalae, where they left a strong force of infantry and cavalry in occupation, they formed their camp.
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I haven't posted on here for ages but I am starting to feel that once I have the last Greeks finished for Cynoscephalae then I won't want to paint another Ancient for months.
Archive 2007-04-01 legatus hedlius 2007
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I haven't posted on here for ages but I am starting to feel that once I have the last Greeks finished for Cynoscephalae then I won't want to paint another Ancient for months.
Command Group legatus hedlius 2007
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Presently he reached Thespiae, and that was the base for an advance upon Cynoscephalae, where he encamped on Theban territory.
Hellenica 2007
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Between the two armies lay some steep high hills about Cynoscephalae, which both parties endeavored to take by their foot.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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It appears further that the passage of the Amazons through Thessaly was not without opposition, for there are yet shown many tombs of them near Scotussa and Cynoscephalae.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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When Philip refused to keep the peace, many Greek states joined Rome (200198), and Flamininus defeated Philip at Cynoscephalae (197) and proclaimed the freedom of Greece at the Isthmian Games (196).
222 2001
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The Thebans defeated Alexander, the tyrant of Pherae, in the Battle of Cynoscephalae but their commander, Pelopidas, was killed in action.
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T. Quinctius Flamininus, supported by both the Aetolian and Achaean Leagues, finally (197) defeated Philip at Cynoscephalae in Thessaly and forced him to make peace (196) on the following terms: surrender of all cities in Greece; payment of 1,000 talents in 10 years; reduction of his navy to five ships; promise not to declare war without permission of Rome.
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[19] An allusion to the battle of _Cynoscephalae_, which subjected
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Various
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