12 Facts About Boeotia

1.

Boeotia was a region of ancient Greece, from before the 6th century BC.

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Main mountain ranges of Boeotia are Mount Parnassus in the west, Mount Helicon in the southwest, Cithaeron in the south and Parnitha in the east.

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The early wealth and power of Boeotia is shown by the reputation and visible Mycenean remains of several of its cities, especially Orchomenus and Thebes.

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4.

Boeotia was an early member of the oldest Amphictyonic League, a religious confederacy of related tribes, despite its distance from the League's original home in Anthela.

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5.

Boeotia was notable for the ancient oracular shrine of Trophonius at Lebadea.

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6.

Graea, an ancient city in Boeotia, is sometimes thought to be the origin of the Latin word Graecus, from which English derives the words Greece and Greeks.

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Boeotia had significant political importance, owing to its position on the north shore of the Gulf of Corinth, the strategic strength of its frontiers, and the ease of communication within its extensive area.

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8.

Boeotia was thought to have been driven to Epirus after the war and to have settled at Ephyra in the Thesprotid.

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9.

The Thebans remembered, according to Thucydides, that the Asopus valley and Plataea were reduced later than the rest of Boeotia and were occupied in accordance with an agreed plan.

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10.

Boeotia took a prominent part in the Corinthian War against Sparta, especially in the battles of Haliartus and Coronea .

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11.

Boeotia was created as a prefecture in 1836, again in 1899 and again in 1943; in all cases it was split from Attica and Boeotia Prefecture.

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12.

Boeotia is the home of the third largest pasta factory in Europe, built by MISKO, a member of Barilla Group.

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