Siege of Mantinea | |||||||
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![]() Epaminondas defending Pelopidas (William Rainey, 1900) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Lacedaemon | Mantineia | ||||||
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Agesipolis I Epaminondas | Pelopidas |
The Siege of Mantinea occurred in 385 BC, and resulted in a victory of the Spartans over the city of 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 Peloponesian War. As a result, Mantinea first fell in 417 BC, and it was then destroyed in the siege of 385 BC.[4] However, the Arcadians were able to recover and restored their city after the Battle of Leuctra and the defeat of Spartan hegemony.[4]
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