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Epaminondas
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Epaminondas Epaminondas (ca. 425-362 B.C.) was a Theban general and statesman who...revolutionized ancient war fare. Trained in Pythagorean philosophy, Epaminondas was said to be unselfish, devout, and generous, and he certainly...
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Pelopidas
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...against Sparta at Tegyra (375) and Leuctra (371). Under Epaminondas he joined in the invasion (370-369) of the Peloponnesus...was captured by the Thessalian Alexander of Pherae, but Epaminondas rescued him. Pelopidas went the next year to Persia as ambassador...
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Agesilaus II
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Peace was made, but Agesilaus again broke it. This time Epaminondas, the Theban commander, was not intimidated. A Spartan...Cleombrotus invaded Boeotia and was decisively defeated by Epaminondas; Sparta's empire collapsed. The old king Agesilaus organized...
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Thebes
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...generals, Pelopidas, three years later. This freedom was insured (371 BC) by the Spartan defeat at Leuctra by the Theban Epaminondas. Thebes joined Athens against Philip II of Macedon and shared in the defeat at Chaeronea (338 BC). A revolt at Thebes...
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Mantinea
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the Peloponnesian War a coalition led by Mantinea and Argos and urged on by Athens was defeated (418 BC) by Sparta at Mantinea. It was also the scene of the victory of Thebes over Sparta in which Epaminondas was killed (362 BC).
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Boeotia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...cities to the Athenian empire. Thebes returned to power at the head of the league in 446. Later, after the victory of Epaminondas over the Spartans, the history of Boeotia was completely absorbed into that of Thebes. Boeotia was the home of the poets...
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Callias
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...sent to Sparta with Callistratus to negotiate a peace treaty in 371 BC The treaty was ineffective, and friction between Epaminondas of Thebes and Agesilaus II of Sparta became acute. Callias was a rich man and his wealth was ridiculed by his contemporaries...
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Arcadia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the rest of the world, lived a proverbially simple and natural life. By far the largest city was megalopolis , founded by Epaminondas. It had some political power, especially in the Arcadian League, but Arcadia as a whole was of little political significance...
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Peloponnesus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Sparta. Spartan hegemony, which after the defeat of Athens extended over all Greece, was broken in the 4th cent. BC by Epaminondas of Thebes, who thus prepared the way for the establishment of Macedonian supremacy over the Peloponnesus by Philip II of...
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phalanx
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...sweep bristling through the more dispersed ranks of the enemy. Originally employed by the Spartans, it was developed by Epaminondas of Thebes (d. 362 BC). Use of the phalanx reached its apex when Philip II and Alexander the Great used the great Macedonian...
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