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Cynoscephalae

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Cyn·os·ceph·a·lae  (sn-sf-l, sn-)
Two hills of southeast Thessaly in northeast Greece. The Theban general Pelopidas was killed in battle here (364 b.c.). Later (197) the Roman general Flaminius decisively defeated Philip V of Macedon at Cynoscephalae.
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Noun1.Cynoscephalae - the fields in Thessaly where in 197 BC the Romans defeated the Macedonians
Thessalia, Thessaly - a fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece; Thessaly was a former region of ancient Greece
2.Cynoscephalae - the battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC); the Romans defeated Philip V who lost his control of Greece
battle of Cynoscephalae
Thessalia, Thessaly - a fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece; Thessaly was a former region of ancient Greece


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