Siege of Mantinea

Coordinates: 37°37′3.51″N 22°23′34.33″E / 37.6176417°N 22.3928694°E / 37.6176417; 22.3928694
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Siege of Mantinea

Epaminondas defending Pelopidas (William Rainey, 1900)
Date385 BC
Location
Mantineia
Result
Lacedaemonian
victory
Belligerents
Lacedaemon
 Mantineia
Commanders and leaders
Agesipolis I
Epaminondas		 Pelopidas
Epaminondas saves the life of Pelopidas in battle

The Siege of Mantinea occurred in 385 BC, and resulted in a victory of the

Mantinea, which was defeated and dismembered.[1] On this occasion, Epaminondas, then fighting on the side of the Spartans, famously rescued his fellow Theban Pelopidas.[2][3]

Mantinea had been opposed to the Spartans in the

Arcadians were able to recover and restored their city after the Battle of Leuctra and the defeat of Spartan hegemony.[4]

References

  1. ISBN 9781134857326
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  2. ISBN 9781610690706
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  3. ISBN 9780191016769
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  4. ^ a b Bevan, William Latham (1861). The Student's Manual of Ancient Geography. John Murray. p. 477.

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