Pelopidas
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Pelopidas was an important Theban statesman and general in Greece, instrumental in establishing the mid-fourth century Theban hegemony.
Death of Pelopidas, by Andrey Ivanov, 1805–1806
Pelopidas setting out for Thebes
Epaminondas defending Pelopidas at the Siege of Mantinea (385 BC).
Pelopidas leading the Thebans at the Battle of Leuctra.
Battle of Leuctra
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The Battle of Leuctra was fought on 6 July 371 BC between the Boeotians led by the Thebans, and the Spartans along with their allies. The battle occurred in the context of the King's Peace, or Peace o
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…the Battle of Tegyra (near Orchomenus). This victory he owed mainly to the valour of the Sacred Band, an elite corps of 300 seasoned soldiers. At the Battle of Leuctra (371 BC), he contributed greatly to the success of Epaminondas's new tactics by the rapidity with which he made the Sacred Band close with the Spartans…
The restored surviving base of the Battle of Leuktra tropaion