Theban–Spartan War
379 BCE – 362 BCE · 17 years
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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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- Thebes (Epaminondas)
- Sparta
Key moments
Defining events in the Theban–Spartan War.
- 371 BC Battle of Leuctra
- 362 BC Battle of Mantinea
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Events the timeline places between 379 BCE and 362 BCE.
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Image credits8 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Theban–Spartan WarF. Mitchell, Department of History, United States Military Academy · Public domain
- Plitvice Lakes National ParkZysko serhii · CC BY-SA 4.0
- PolisA.Savin · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Amber RoadBearas · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Giant's Causewaycode poet on flickr. · CC BY-SA 2.0
- CeltsQuartierLatin1968,The Ogre,Dbachmann · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Sicilian WarsSelinous, Aldo Ferruggia · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Danube DeltaEuropean Space Agency · Attribution
