Chaeronea is a village and a former municipality in Boeotia, Greece, located about 35 kilometers east of Delphi. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Livadeia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 111.445 km², the community 26.995 km². Population 1,382.

How old is the lion of chaeronea?

In 1818, the so-called Lion of Chaeronea, a nearly 20-foot-tall (6.1 m) funerary monument erected in honor of the Sacred Band, was rediscovered by English travellers.

Where was boeotia?

Boeotia is in Central Greece. The region is a large and fertile plain, surrounding the great Copais Lake, now drained. Boeotia lies between the Euboean Straits and the Gulf of Corinth, and is bounded on the north by Opuntian Locris, on the south by Attica and Megaris, and is shut in by the chains of Mts.