Battle of Thebes

Battle of Thebes
Alexander at the sack of Thebes by Charles R. Stanton (illustration from Hutchinsons History of the Nations, 1915)
Date December 335 BC Location Thebes, Boeotia, Greece Result Macedonian victory Destruction of Thebes
Belligerents
Macedon other Greek allies	Thebes
Commanders and leaders
Alexander the Great	Phoenix † Prothytes †
Strength
33,000[1] 30,000 infantry 3,000 cavalry	15,000
Casualties and losses
unknown	6,000 killed 30,000 captured[1]

The Battle of Thebes took place between Alexander the Great and the Greek city-state of Thebes in 335 BC immediately outside of and in the city proper in Boeotia. After being made hegemon of the League of Corinth, Alexander had marched to the north to deal with revolts in Illyria and Thrace, which forced him to draw heavily from the troops in Macedonia that were maintaining pressure on the city-states of southern Greece to keep them in subjection.