battle_of_cynoscephalae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *battle of Cynoscephalae*:
NOUN	act	battle of Cynoscephalae, Cynoscephalae	the battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC)

English > *battle of Cynoscephalae*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	The battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC); the Romans defeated Philip V who lost his control of Greece.
Synonym	Cynoscephalae
Instance of	pitched battle	A fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
Region	Thessalia, Thessaly	A fertile plain on the Aegean Sea in east central Greece

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