Theban–Spartan War

379 BCE – 362 BCE

Thebes under Epaminondas shattered Spartan military dominance with the revolutionary oblique order formation at Leuctra.

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4th-century BCE conflict between Thebes and Sparta

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Theban–Spartan War

379 BCE – 362 BCE

Thebes under Epaminondas shattered Spartan military dominance with the revolutionary oblique order formation at Leuctra. The subsequent invasion of the Peloponnese freed the Messenian helots and permanently ended Sparta's status as a great power.

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