Cyn·os·ceph·a·lae  (sĭn'ə-sěf'ə-lē, sī'nə-)  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. |
| cynoscephalae | |
noun | |
| 1. | the fields in Thessaly where in 197 BC the Romans defeated the Macedonians |
| 2. | the battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC); the Romans defeated Philip V who lost his control of Greece |